Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003.
2. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Project.
3. In the New Project dialog box, click Visual C# Projects under Project Types, and then click Console Application under Templates.
4. In the Name text box, replace the default text with MyApplication, and then click OK. By default, Class1.cs is created.
5. Replace the code in Class1.cs with the following code:

   using System;
   using System.Xml;
   using System.Configuration;
   
   namespace MyApplication
   {
   	public class MyConfigHandler : IConfigurationSectionHandler
   	{
   		public MyConfigHandler()
   		{
   		
   		}
   		public object Create(object parent, object configContext, XmlNode section)
   		{			
   			return section;
   		}
   	}
   
   	class MyClass
   	{
   		[STAThread]
   		static void Main(string[] args)
   		{
   			// Get an XmlNode that refers to the custom configuration section.
   			XmlNode node = (XmlNode) ConfigurationSettings.GetConfig("mySection");
   			
   			// Process all child nodes.
   			// Print the "id" attribute, followed by the node type.
   			foreach (XmlNode child in node.ChildNodes)
   			{
   				try
   				{
   					Console.Write(child.Attributes["id"].Value);
   				}
   				catch
   				{
   					Console.Write("?");
   				}
   
   				Console.Write(" ");
   				Console.WriteLine(child.ToString());
   			}
   		}
   	}
   }
   

6. On the Project menu, click Add New Item.
7. In the Add New Item - MyApplication dialog box, click XML File under Templates.
8. In the Name text box, replace the default text with App.config, and then click Open.
9. Replace the code in App.config with the following code:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
   <configuration>
   	
   	<configSections>	
   		<section name="mySection" type="MyApplication.MyConfigHandler, MyApplication" />
   	</configSections>
   	
   	<mySection>
   		<tag id="0" />
   	</mySection>
   
   </configuration>

10. Build the project, and then run the application.

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