[thelist] (asp.net) application variables

[Tab Alleman]

I'm having trouble storing and accessing a simple application variable in asp.net.

In my global.ascx file, I've got this:

    Sub Application_Start(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        ' Fires when the application is started
        Application("foo") = "some text"
    End Sub


and then in one of my pages, I've got this:

strFoo = Application("foo")

which produces the error:  "Reference to a non-shared member requires an object reference".

What am I doing wrong?  Should I be "NEW"-ing the Application somewhere?   where?