Storing Objects at the Application Level

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My background is in web development using ASP.NET. When I program with
ASP.NET I have both Application and Session objects available to store
objects. Is there an equivalent in WindowsForms?

Currently my solution is to create a private shared collection and use two
public shared functions on the master/parent form (I have a MDI Form setup)
that add and retrieve objects from the collection. I create a new GUID and
use it as the key to the collection object, and pass the GUID around to each
dependent form. Since the master/parent form is always available while the
application is running, this approach works.

This doesn't seem like the elegant solution. Is there a better process?
Thanks.

 

[Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]]

Hi jmh,

Thanks for your post.

Based on my understanding, you want to get an application level collection
depository.

I think there is a lot of ways to get this done. First, we may use a class
with private constructor and several static properties for the applicaiton
level depository. This is what Environment class does.

Also, we can leverage Singlton pattern, just create a static GetInstance
method, which returns the single class instance for the caller.

However, if you want the collection function like Applicaiton["item"], our
application level class should implement IList interface. Also, in our
IList implement, we can just leverage ArrayList or other collection classes
to store the objects.
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[Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]]

Hi jmh,

Does my reply make sense to you? If you still have any concern, please feel
free to tell me, thanks

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights.