Object Reference not set to an instance of an object 1

Did you remember to put "Imports System.Configuration" at the top of the form code?

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I did indeed Jebenson....that's what is more than a little confusing!

The only other thing I can think of is that you don't actually have a connection string named ABMSOPConnString in your configuration file.

Put a break on the line, and then set up a watch on ConfigurationManager, ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("ABMSOPConnString"), and ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("ABMSOPConnString").ConnectionString. This should tell you which part is null. I'll wager that ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("ABMSOPConnString").ConnectionString is returning null, and that's why you're getting this error.

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I'd step through a loop of the connections collection, to observe the Name of each

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