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In VB.NET Console application, how to get application's setting from My.Settings object?

I have Paste/Copy following code from a VB.NET Winform application to a VB.NET Console application

    Dim oSettings = New My.Settings
    sTracePath = oSettings.TracePath
    sDataFolder = oSettings.DataFolder

I have also tried to define/create a Setting file in MyProject folder as done for WinForm application; but builder continue to return following compiler error on first line of code !

My.Settings type is not defined

I have also tried to Paste/Copy Settings.settings and Settings.Designer.vb files from WinForm application to my Console application; but it doesn't work.

How can define a My.Settings object in a VB.NET Console application so that I can access directly a Property as TracePath or DataFolder without using a String Key but in using a variable name ?

Is that possible for Console VB.NET applications ?

Solution

  • I think that The Truth Is Out There !

    The correct VB.NET code is

    Dim oSettings = New My.MySettings

    or

    Dim oSettings = My.Settings

    but not

    Dim oSettings = New My.Settings

    My.MySettings is the type and My.Settings is a predefined objet of My.MySettings type !

    You can immediately use My.Settings instead of oSettings !