Public Shared Function GetElementInformation() _
As ElementInformation

    ' Get the current configuration file. 
    Dim config _
    As System.Configuration.Configuration = _
    ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( _
    ConfigurationUserLevel.None)

    ' Get the section. 
    Dim section As UrlsSection = CType( _
    config.GetSection("MyUrls"), UrlsSection)

    ' Get the element. 
    Dim url As UrlConfigElement = _
    section.Simple

    Dim eInfo As ElementInformation = _
    url.ElementInformation

    Return eInfo

End Function 'GetElementInformation     

static public ElementInformation
    GetElementInformation()
{

    // Get the current configuration file.
    System.Configuration.Configuration config =
            ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
            ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

    // Get the section.
    UrlsSection section =
        (UrlsSection)config.GetSection("MyUrls");

    // Get the element.
    UrlConfigElement url = section.Simple;

    ElementInformation eInfo =
        url.ElementInformation;

    return eInfo;

}