trouble with string in app.config

[oakleaf]

I am trying to specify a company name in a var within the app.config file. Problem: The company name is "Fetch & Co. LCC" The program balks when it hits the "&" symbol in the string. Remove the "&" ---- works fine. This has got to be something simple... Additional info: If I try to put the string in the assembly info file (as ProgramTitle) The title will be blank. Thanks for any help.

[oakleaf]

For those who may run into similar problem: So I kept digging...er googling and finally came up with the correct search term... "illegal characters in app.config" Solution: The replacement for the illegal character "&" is "& a m p ;" (remove the surrounding quotes and spaces! Ignore HTML and PRE did not work for display purposes). This works fine. Thanks to anyone who may have been trying to find an answer to my question. -- modified at 11:46 Monday 21st August, 2006

[Stephen McGuire]

Not come across that particular problem in a config file, but have had similar problem with inserting company names in an Excel worksheet header. Solution was to have two &'s e.g. "Fetch && Co. LLC" Steve