Note: This property is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.
Gets the
AppSettingsSection data for the current application's default configuration.
Namespace: System.Configuration
Assembly: System.Configuration (in system.configuration.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared ReadOnly Property AppSettings As NameValueCollection
Dim value As NameValueCollection
value = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings
public static NameValueCollection AppSettings { get;
public:
static property NameValueCollection^ AppSettings {
NameValueCollection^ get ();
/** @property */
public static NameValueCollection get_AppSettings ()
public static function get AppSettings () : NameValueCollection
Property Value
Returns a NameValueCollection object containing the contents of the AppSettingsSection object for the current application's default configuration.
A AppSettingsSection object contains the contents of the configuration file's appSettings section.
The following code example shows how to get a named application setting using the AppSettings property.
' Get appSettings.
Shared Sub GetAppSettings()
' Get the appSettings.
Dim appSettings As NameValueCollection = _
ConfigurationManager.AppSettings
' Get the collection enumerator.
Dim appSettingsEnum As IEnumerator = _
appSettings.Keys.GetEnumerator()
' Loop through the collection and
' display the appSettings key, value pairs.
Dim i As Integer = 0
While appSettingsEnum.MoveNext()
Dim key As String = appSettings.Keys(i)
Console.WriteLine("Name: {0 Value: {1", _
key, appSettings(key))
i += 1
End While
End Sub 'GetAppSettings
// Get appSettings.
static void GetAppSettings()
{
// Get the appSettings.
NameValueCollection appSettings =
ConfigurationManager.AppSettings;
// Get the collection enumerator.
IEnumerator appSettingsEnum =
appSettings.Keys.GetEnumerator();
// Loop through the collection and
// display the appSettings key, value pairs.
int i = 0;
Console.WriteLine("App settings.");
while (appSettingsEnum.MoveNext())
{
string key = appSettings.Keys[i];
Console.WriteLine("Name: {0 Value: {1",
key, appSettings[key]);
i += 1;
Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 2.0