Unrecognized configuration section appsettings - Visual Studio 2012

Question

_{Friday, November 22, 2013 1:31 PM}

Hi,

I am getting the following error: "Unrecognized configuration section appsettings" when i try to place appsettings element in web.config in Visual Studio 2012. I want to place the following line in web.config because i am getting the following error when i try to run the application.

WebForms UnobtrusiveValidationMode requires a ScriptResourceMapping for 'jquery'.

To solve the above error i need to add the following line to web.config.

<appsettings>     <add value="None" key="ValidationSettings:UnobtrusiveValidationMode"></add>   </appsettings>

no matter where i add the above line the Visual Studio 2012 starts throwing error : "Unrecognized configuration section appsettings".

Where am i supposed to add the appsettings element in web.confi in visual studion 2012. Does the Visual Studion 2012 / .net 4.5 framework does not recognize this element any more.

Please help me.

Thanks ,

Harish Kamath

All replies (2)

_{Friday, November 22, 2013 1:40 PM ✅Answered}

It should be appSettings - S should be capital

Also it should be inside <configuration> element.

<configuration>
   <appSettings>
        <add key="ValidationSettings:UnobtrusiveValidationMode" value="None" />
   </appSettings>
<!-- Your next content -->
</configuration>

_{Friday, November 22, 2013 8:18 PM ✅Answered}

harikamat

<appsettings>     <add value="None" key="ValidationSettings:UnobtrusiveValidationMode"></add>   </appsettings>

You have to add it within the <configuration> tags in web.config file. Like below

<configuration>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="ValidationSettings:UnobtrusiveValidationMode" value="None"/>
  </appSettings>
  <system.web>
    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5" />
    <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" />
  </system.web>
</configuration>