title: variable of type "System.collections.Arraylist" cannot be converted to System.collections.Generic List in VB NET
body: <p>I am getting below error in VB.NET in the below code</p>
  <p>Variable of type &quot;System.collections.ArrayList&quot; cannot be converted to System.Collection.Generic.List(Of Usertmo). Not sure why i am getting this issue. How to solve this.</p>
  <pre><code>Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
  Imports System.Collections.Generic
  Public Class UserArray
  
      Protected usr As List(Of Usertmo)
  
  
      Public Function getUsr() As List(Of Usertmo)
          If (Me.usr Is Nothing) Then
              Me.usr = New ArrayList
          End If
  
          Return Me.usr
      End Function
  End Class
  </code></pre>
  <p>Thanks advance</p>