Hi All

I am relatively new to doing this and i think that i am making some king of
school boy error.

The error i am getting is on the following line of code.

XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ImportRecord));

The error is.

"Configuration system failed to initialize"

Below i have attached the class code and the XML i am attempting to work
with.

Please if any one can see what i am doing wrong i would much appreciate a
hand

Thanks
ink

//// Code Start

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.IO;

namespace AppConfigTest
{

   public partial class Form1 : Form
   {
       public Form1()
       {
           InitializeComponent();
       }

       private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
       {
           // Get the configuration file.
           System.Configuration.Configuration config =
ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

           StringReader stringReader;
           stringReader= new
StringReader(config.GetSection("importFormat").SectionInformation.GetRawXml());
           XmlTextReader xmlReader;
           xmlReader = new XmlTextReader(stringReader);
           XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ImportRecord));

           ImportRecord importFormat =
(ImportRecord)xs.Deserialize(xmlReader);

       }

   }

   [Serializable]
   [XmlType("importRecord")]
   public class ImportRecord
   {

       [XmlAttribute("TableName")]
       public string TableName;

       [XmlAttribute("RowIdentifier")]
       public string RowIdentifier;

       [XmlAttribute("IndexOfInsertion")]
       public string IndexOfInsertion;

       [XmlAttribute("NoOfRowsPerRecord")]
       public string NoOfRowsPerRecord;

       [XmlAttribute("HeaderRowIdentifier")]
       public string HeaderRowIdentifier;

       [XmlElement("fieldData")]
       public FieldData FieldData = new FieldData();

   }

   [Serializable]
   [XmlType("fieldData")]
   public class FieldData
   {
       [XmlAttribute("ColumnName")]
       public string ColumnName;

       [XmlAttribute("FieldName")]
       public string FieldName;

       [XmlAttribute("ColumnIndex")]
       public string ColumnIndex;

       [XmlAttribute("RowIndex")]
       public string RowIndex;

       [XmlAttribute("Required")]
       public Boolean Required;

   }

}

//// Code End

//// XML String start

<importFormat>

 <importRecord TableName="GoodsExpected" RowIdentifier="H"
IndexOfInsertion="0" NoOfRowsPerRecord="5" HeaderRowIdentifier="">

  <fieldData ColumnName="STORAGE PROVIDER" FieldName="CompanyID"
ColumnIndex="2" RowIndex="0"  Required="True" />
  <fieldData ColumnName="WAREHOUSE" FieldName="WarehouseID" ColumnIndex="2"
RowIndex="1"  Required="True" />
  <fieldData ColumnName="ASN REFERENCE" FieldName="ReferenceID"
ColumnIndex="2" RowIndex="2"  Required="True" />
  <fieldData ColumnName="EXPECTED DATE" FieldName="ExpectedDate"
ColumnIndex="2" RowIndex="3"  Required="True" />
  <fieldData ColumnName="CUSTOMERID" FieldName="SupplierID" ColumnIndex="2"
RowIndex="4"  Required="True" />

 </importRecord>

 <importRecord TableName="GoodsReceivedBatch" RowIdentifier="D"
IndexOfInsertion="1" NoOfRowsPerRecord="1" HeaderRowIdentifier="H">

  <fieldData ColumnName="PALLET ID" FieldName="PalletID" ColumnIndex="1"
RowIndex="0"  Required="False" />
  <fieldData ColumnName="ITEM CODE" FieldName="ItemID" ColumnIndex="2"
RowIndex="0"  Required="True" />
  <fieldData ColumnName="QTY" FieldName="Qty" ColumnIndex="3" RowIndex="0"
Required="True" />
  <fieldData ColumnName="ITEM DESCRIPTION" FieldName="Description"
ColumnIndex="4" RowIndex="0"  Required="False" />

 </importRecord>

</importFormat>

//// XML String END