AppSettingsReader::GetValue Method (String^, Type^)

 

Gets the value for a specified key from the AppSettings property and returns an object of the specified type containing the value from the configuration.

Namespace:   System.Configuration
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)

public:
Object^ GetValue(
	String^ key,
	Type^ type
)

Parameters

key
Type: System::String^

The key for which to get the value.

type
Type: System::Type^

The type of the object to return.

Return Value

Type: System::Object^

The value of the specified key.

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

key is null.

- or -

type is null.

InvalidOperationException

key does not exist in the <appSettings> configuration section.

- or -

The value in the <appSettings> configuration section for key is not of type type.

The following example shows how to use the GetValue method to retrieve the value for each key in the <appSettings> section of the configuration file.

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.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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