I can not get the configure() function to find my app.config file. Whenever the statment "ISessionFactory factory = new Configuration().Configure().BuildSessionFactory();" executes it looks for the hibernate.cfg.xml file instead of using the app.config.

factory = new Configuration().BuildSessionFactory();

this did not seem to fix the issue either. It appears to load no configuration at all.

Then maybe the app.config is placed incorrectly? It should be named YourApp.exe.config and placed in the same directory as the application.