Getting configuration settings from web.config/app.config using class library

Question

Configuration settings in 3.5 is driving me nuts... Help! ;)

I have a class library (Named ADI), that needs some configuration settings from the project using it (li

Answer 1

For ApplicationSettings you should use:

[YourNamespace].Properties.Settings.Default.[YourSettingName]

This provides a strongly typed reference to your setting and returns the default value if one is not defined in the web.config file. For AppSettings you should use:

System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings