Web Config Error in ASP.NET

Question

I have a web form that is hosted on my own PC's localost (IIS-Express).I am working with .NET 4.6.

In my web.config I have

<sectionGroup>
    <section>
      <applicationSettings>
        <UI.Properties.Settings>
          <setting name=" UI_Portal" serializeAs="String">
            <value>http://localhost/Service/EppPortal.asmx</value>
          </setting>
          <setting name="UI_Portal" serializeAs="String">
            <value>http://localhost/Service/Portal.asmx</value>
          </setting>
        </UI.Properties.Settings>
      </applicationSettings>
      </section>
</sectionGroup>

And I get the error:

The configuration section 'sectionGroup' cannot be read because it is missing a section declaration

**

Config Source:
  305: 
  306:   <sectionGroup>
  307:

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I can't find a way to resolve it. Please help. Thanks.

your posted config code doesn't match the error description. post the actual code — Rahul
– Rahul, Commented Aug 9, 2016 at 14:18
Is there more to your web.config? Do you use <sectionGroup> tags anywhere? — Matt Dalzell
– Matt Dalzell, Commented Aug 9, 2016 at 14:18

Rahul · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-09 14:32:36Z

1

Yes there the error you are, you are missing the <configSections> element alltogether. It should be like below. See sectionGroup Element for more information

<configSections>
<sectionGroup>
    <section>
      <applicationSettings>
        <UI.Properties.Settings>
          <setting name=" UI_Portal" serializeAs="String">
            <value>http://localhost/Service/EppPortal.asmx</value>
          </setting>
          <setting name="UI_Portal" serializeAs="String">
            <value>http://localhost/Service/Portal.asmx</value>
          </setting>
        </UI.Properties.Settings>
      </applicationSettings>
      </section>
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>

edited Aug 9, 2016 at 14:32

answered Aug 9, 2016 at 14:21

Rahul

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3 Comments

Sie Tw Over a year ago

No, I still get the error: The configuration section 'section' cannot be read because it is missing a section declaration when I do the other way around.

Rahul Over a year ago

It shouldn't be. Can you post your web.config ... if not fully but the entire part where you define sections

Sie Tw Over a year ago

I posted it -- all the section thing is there only. Even Ctrl+F says that my code has only 4 section tags.

steave · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-10 10:59:39Z

I have section group defined like this in my web config, have a look, if could be of any help.

 <configSections>
    <sectionGroup name="system.web.extensions" type="System.Web.Configuration.SystemWebExtensionsSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
      <sectionGroup name="scripting" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
        <section name="scriptResourceHandler" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingScriptResourceHandlerSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
        <sectionGroup name="webServices" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingWebServicesSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
          <section name="jsonSerialization" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingJsonSerializationSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="Everywhere"/>
          <section name="profileService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingProfileServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
          <section name="authenticationService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingAuthenticationServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
          <section name="roleService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingRoleServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
        </sectionGroup>
      </sectionGroup>
    </sectionGroup>
  </configSections>

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