Hi Monty,

Based on my understanding, you probably are using Web Application Project
mode instead of the Web Site mode and created Application Settings in your
project, the Settings Designer will generate a property named Settings in a
module, the Settings property is a singleton that returns a type of
My.MySettings that generated from your settings. For example:

Namespace My
   <Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.HideModuleNameAttribute(),  _
    Global.System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute(),  _
    Global.System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()>  _
   Friend Module MySettingsProperty
       
       
<Global.System.ComponentModel.Design.HelpKeywordAttribute("My.Settings")>  _
       Friend ReadOnly Property Settings() As
Global.WebApplication1.My.MySettings
           Get
               Return Global.WebApplication1.My.MySettings.Default
           End Get
       End Property
   End Module
End Namespace

It's recommended to avoid use Settings as your class name.

References:

#Application Settings in VB.NET 2005
http://visualbasic.about.com/od/usingvbnet/a/appsettings_4.htm

#Using My.Settings in Visual Basic 2005
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms379611(vs.80).aspx

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Walter Wang (wawang@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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