Using appsettings, but the "ConfigurationSettings" method is deprecated

Question

I am trying to access the appsettings key value in my vb.net 2.0 web application.

I put the key in the app.config file:

<appSettings> <add key="DownloadURL" value="http://<myURL>/" /> </appSettings> 

I followed the instructions here , and he says that I need to access this key as follows:

 URL = System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("DownloadURL") 

But I get the following message:

The general property of Shared Readonly AppSettings () As 'System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection' is deprecated: "This method is deprecated, it has been replaced by System.Configuration! System.configuration.configurationmanager.AppSettings

I tried replacing the old method with the new one, but it does not exist.

Strange, since I did a similar thing with a web application, and it existed there.

Answer 1

Add link to System.Configuration.dll.

Here is an explanation.