csla 3 Problem getting ProjectTracker running - ConfigurationErrorsException occurred

Jimbo posted on Friday, August 03, 2007

The following exception occurs in csla
System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException occurred
  BareMessage="Configuration system failed to initialize"
  Line=0
  Message="Configuration system failed to initialize"
  Source="System.Configuration"
  StackTrace:
       at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.EnsureInit(String configKey)
       at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.System.Configuration.Internal.IInternalConfigSystem.GetSection(String sectionName)
       at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection(String sectionName)
       at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.get_AppSettings()
       at Csla.ApplicationContext.get_AuthenticationType() in D:\Working\Download\cslavb-3.0.2-070727\cslavb\Csla\DataPortal\ApplicationContext.vb:line 268

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Running in Debug mode
ProjectTracker is configured to use  remoting with csla authentication.
NET20 directive is applied to both csla and also the  ProjectTracker projects.
.NET 3 assembly references are removed in Web.Config
To avoid other annoyances that prevent compilation, the following unneeded projects are removed from the ProjectTracker solution:
PTWeb, PTWebService, wcfHost, WebServicesHost.

Jimbo

RockfordLhotka replied on Saturday, August 04, 2007

I've never encountered that issue. System.Configuration is obviously a key part of .NET itself (starting at 2.0), so if it is failing to initialize then that seems bad...

I don't know what would cause that. Corrupt .NET install? Corrupt app.config file? File security/permissions issues?

Jimbo replied on Saturday, August 04, 2007

Rocky,

yes the PTWin app.config file is the issue.

You cant ignore the "Informational" messages in VS ....
Message    1    Could not find schema information for the element 'system.serviceModel'.    D:\Working\csla\cslavb\ProjectTrackervb\PTWin\app.config    27    4    PTWin
Message    2    Could not find schema information for the element 'client'.    D:\Working\csla\cslavb\ProjectTrackervb\PTWin\app.config    29    6    PTWin
Message    3    Could not find schema information for the element 'endpoint'.    D:\Working\csla\cslavb\ProjectTrackervb\PTWin\app.config    30    8    PTWin
Message    4    Could not find schema information for the attribute 'name'.    D:\Working\csla\cslavb\ProjectTrackervb\PTWin\app.config    30    17    PTWin
Message    5    Could not find schema information for the attribute 'address'.    D:\Working\csla\cslavb\ProjectTrackervb\PTWin\app.config    31    17    PTWin
Message    6    Could not find schema information for the attribute 'binding'.    D:\Working\csla\cslavb\ProjectTrackervb\PTWin\app.config    32    17    PTWin
Message    7    Could not find schema information for the attribute 'contract'.    D:\Working\csla\cslavb\ProjectTrackervb\PTWin\app.config    33    17    PTWin

remming out this tag solves the problem

<!--<system.serviceModel>

    <client>
      <endpoint name="WcfDataPortal"
                address="http://localhost:4216/WcfHost/WcfPortal.svc"
                binding="wsHttpBinding"
                contract="Csla.Server.Hosts.IWcfPortal" />
    </client>

  </system.serviceModel>-->

Maybe there needs to be a note

Thanks
Jimbo