Thanks for your reply Michel, I've already tried that but didn't work!

I'm using the Imports keyword in the declaration section so I don't have to specify the Systems.Configuration path.

Enmanuel

>>I'm testing the configuration settings class with VB .Net and have the following configuration file
>>
>>

>><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
>><configuration>
>>  <AppSettings>
>>	<add key="Aplicacion" value="Application's Name" />
>>	<add key="ConnectionString" value="Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;Initial Catalog=CNT001;Data Source=ibm600e" />
>>  </AppSettings>
>></configuration>
>>
>>

>>
>>and I call the settings like this on my application's main sub
>>
>>

>>       Dim sAppName As String = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("Aplicacion")
>>        Dim sConnString As String = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("ConnectionString")
>>

>>
>>but I'm getting an error message: "Additional information: Unrecognized configuration section AppSettings"
>>
>>Can anybody tell me what am I doing wrong?
>
>This works ok for me. I added the Aplicacion key in my app.config file and did this:
>
>

>        Dim sAppName As String = System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("Aplicacion")
>        MessageBox.Show(sAppName)
>

>
>The name of the key was displayed ok.