Configuration.AppSettings Property
.NET Framework (current version)
Gets the AppSettingsSection object configuration section that applies to this Configuration object.
Assembly: System.Configuration (in System.Configuration.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.Configuration.AppSettingsSectionAn AppSettingsSection object representing the appSettings configuration section that applies to this Configuration object.
Use the AppSettings property to access and change the appSettings configuration section defined by default in the open configuration file.
The following code example demonstrates how to use the AppSettings property.
Try Dim appSettings As AppSettingsSection = TryCast(config.AppSettings, AppSettingsSection) Console.WriteLine("Section name: {0}", appSettings.SectionInformation.SectionName) ' Get the AppSettings section elements. Console.WriteLine() Console.WriteLine("Using AppSettings property.") Console.WriteLine("Application settings:") ' Get the KeyValueConfigurationCollection ' from the configuration. Dim settings As KeyValueConfigurationCollection = config.AppSettings.Settings ' Display each KeyValueConfigurationElement. For Each keyValueElement As KeyValueConfigurationElement In settings Console.WriteLine("Key: {0}", keyValueElement.Key) Console.WriteLine("Value: {0}", keyValueElement.Value) Console.WriteLine() Next keyValueElement Catch e As ConfigurationErrorsException Console.WriteLine("Using AppSettings property: {0}", e.ToString()) End Try
.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
Available since 2.0
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