I'm having a problem in by VB.net 2005 application. When i try to get a node
from my app.config file the node come back with "nothing". The xmldocment
loads OK, but I can't retrive a node. The app.config file is listed below
and the code is listed below that, the line with "-->>" is where i try to
get the node. Can anyone see where I'm going wrong.

A dump of the xmlDocument is listed below the code.

Note: "MyKey" is set to "Reports"

Thank,
John
johnw@iirp.coedu.usf.edu

App.config file
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0">
 <configSections>
 </configSections>
 <connectionStrings>
   <add name="My.MySettings.DataConnectionString"
connectionString="Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data
Source=C:\Ingredients_Data.mdb" providerName="System.Data.OleDb" />
 </connectionStrings>
 <appSettings>
   <add key="Reports" value="C:\current\Reports.xls" />
   <add key="Calendar" value="C:\current\Calendar.xls" />
   <add key="ClaimContinuum"
value="C:\current\ClaimContinuumReportBuild.xls" />
 </appSettings>
</configuration>
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Public Function Save_Config_Parameter(ByVal MyKey As String, ByVal MyValue
As String) As String

Dim XmlDocument As New XmlDocument
Dim XmlNode As XmlNode
Dim XmlRoot As XmlNode
Dim XmlKey As XmlNode
Dim XmlValue As XmlNode

Save_Config_Parameter = ""
XmlDocument.Load(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ConfigurationFile)--->> XmlNode =XmlDocument.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode("//configuration/appSettings/add[@key=""" & MyKey & """]") If XmlNode Is Nothing Then  ' The node does not exist, let's create it  XmlNode = XmlDocument.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "add", "")  ' Adding the Key attribute to the node, keep in mind, Xml tokens are casesensitive  ' We should use 'key' instead of 'Key'  XmlKey = XmlDocument.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Attribute, "key", "")  XmlKey.Value = MyKey  XmlNode.Attributes.SetNamedItem(XmlKey)  ' Adding the key value, once again, remember that Xml tokens are casesensitive  XmlValue = XmlDocument.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Attribute, "value", "")  XmlValue.Value = MyValue  XmlNode.Attributes.SetNamedItem(XmlValue)  ' Add the new node to the root  XmlRoot =XmlDocument.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode("/configuration/appSettings")  If Not XmlRoot Is Nothing Then   XmlRoot.AppendChild(XmlNode)  Else   Save_Config_Parameter = "ERROR"  End If Else    '  ' The node exist, save the new value  '  XmlNode.Attributes.GetNamedItem("value").Value = MyValue End If XmlDocument.Save(Application.ExecutablePath & ".config") XmlDocument = NothingEnd Function=======================================================================>? XmlDocument{System.Xml.XmlDocument}    Attributes: Nothing    BaseURI: "file:///C:/John/bin/Debug/App.vshost.exe.config"    ChildNodes: {System.Xml.XmlChildNodes}    DocumentElement: {System.Xml.XmlElement}    DocumentType: Nothing    FirstChild: {System.Xml.XmlDeclaration}    HasChildNodes: True    Implementation: {System.Xml.XmlImplementation}    InnerText: ""    InnerXml: "<?xml version="1.0"?><configurationxmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0"><configSections></configSec
tions><connectionStrings><addname="My.MySettings.DataConnectionString"connection
String="Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;DataSource=C:\Ingredients_Data.mdb" providerName="System.Data.OleDb"/></connectionStrings><appSettings><add key="Reports"value="C:\current\Reports.xls" /><add key="Calendar"value="C:\current\Calendar.xls" /><add key="ClaimContinuum"value="C:\current\ClaimContinuumReportBuild.xls"/></appSettings></configuration>"    IsReadOnly: False    Item: In order to evaluate an indexed property, the property must bequalified and the arguments must be explicitly supplied by the user.    LastChild: {System.Xml.XmlElement}    LocalName: "#document"    Name: "#document"    NamespaceURI: ""    NameTable: {System.Xml.NameTable}    NextSibling: Nothing    NodeType: Document {9}    OuterXml: "<?xml version="1.0"?><configurationxmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0"><configSections></configSec
tions><connectionStrings><addname="My.MySettings.DataConnectionString"connection
String="Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;DataSource=C:\Ingredients_Data.mdb" providerName="System.Data.OleDb"/></connectionStrings><appSettings><add key="Reports"value="C:\current\Reports.xls" /><add key="Calendar"value="C:\current\Calendar.xls" /><add key="ClaimContinuum"value="C:\current\ClaimContinuumReportBuild.xls"/></appSettings></configuration>"    OwnerDocument: Nothing    ParentNode: Nothing    Prefix: ""    PreserveWhitespace: False    PreviousSibling: Nothing    SchemaInfo: {System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaInfo}    Schemas: {System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaSet}    Value: Nothing>