What si the best way to store a variable value between program shutdowns

I need to store a user entered value such that I still have it after
shutting down the program and running it again. In my old eVb version
I stored the value in a text file and just read it out again on startup
of the program. Is there a better way in VB.NET?

James

There is no 'best'. Registry, XML file, plain binary or text file all come
to mind, probably in that order.

Paul T.

"James L" <1of04@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:1114460986.212195.190140@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>I need to store a user entered value such that I still have it after
> shutting down the program and running it again. In my old eVb version
> I stored the value in a text file and just read it out again on startup
> of the program. Is there a better way in VB.NET?
>
> James
>

Then I guess in the category of "If it aint broke don't fix it" i will stay
with the text file since I have that all worked out and funcitonal already
anyhow.

James


"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com>
wrote in message news:uq$MwXdSFHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> There is no 'best'. Registry, XML file, plain binary or text file all
> come to mind, probably in that order.
>
> Paul T.
>
> "James L" <1of04@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:1114460986.212195.190140@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>>I need to store a user entered value such that I still have it after
>> shutting down the program and running it again. In my old eVb version
>> I stored the value in a text file and just read it out again on startup
>> of the program. Is there a better way in VB.NET?
>>
>> James
>>
>
>