Displaying configuarion data from text file or database

[Macca]

Hi,

I am writing a C# application that needs a lot of calibration data.

In a previous C++ application, i used a text file which displayed the
various calibration data, between 25 and 40 different items and allowed the
user to add/delete/change items.

The user changed these setting through notepad.

For this application i can either do the same as above or possibly do it
using a database to store the settings and displaying them using the C# GUI
controls.

I'd appreciate any help on which C#/.NET controls would be best to display a
large amount of data items and also allow the user to add/delete new data
items.

Thanks In Advance
Macca

 

[Guest]

Chances are... a DataGrid would be your best bet for displaying and a DataSet
(or perhaps at a minimum, a single DataTable) for internal storage.

Brendan

 

[Gary Holbrook]

You could look at creating a serializable configuration class, whose
properties can be edited with PropertyGrid. Then serialized to and from
disk to save\load settings. Encrypt to prevent notepad mucking about.

 

[David Farr]

Hi Macca,

Some pointers to the way I do things:-

Store the data as XML fomat.

Read/Write direct to a DataSet.

Display with possibly a DataGrid for list/select, with another form for
add/delete/edit individual items.

Regards,

Dave