Imports System.Configuration Public Class AppConfig Public Shared Function GetConfiguration() As ConfigValues Dim appfile As String = My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath & "\" & My.Application.Info.ProductName & ".exe" Dim appconfig As Configuration = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(appfile) Dim appsettings As AppSettingsSection = appconfig.AppSettings Dim settings As KeyValueConfigurationCollection = appsettings.Settings Dim values As New ConfigValues() With { .username = settings.Item("dpma_username").Value, .password = settings.Item("dpma_password").Value, .query = settings.Item("dpma_query").Value, .queryIgnore = settings.Item("dpma_query_ignore").Value, .connstring = settings.Item("sql_connstring").Value, .database = settings.Item("sql_database").Value, .searchType = settings.Item("search_type").Value } Return values End Function Public Shared Function GetVersion() Dim assembly As Reflection.Assembly = Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly() Dim fvi As FileVersionInfo = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(assembly.Location) Dim version As String = fvi.FileVersion Return version End Function End Class Public Class ConfigValues Public username As String Public password As String Public query As String Public queryIgnore As String Public connstring As String Public database As String Public searchType As String End Class