<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<startup>
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.7.2" />
</startup>
//this is in app.config
<connectionStrings>
<add name ="conMysql"
connectionString="DataLayer=MySQL; Server=localhost; Database=gloveproj; User ID=root; Password=123123;" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>
//this is in working code
public static string connectionStringManager = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["conMysql"].ConnectionString.ToString();