HOWTO: Read and Write the Registry to persist State

[Dan Sikorsky]

Should application data be read and written to the Registry to persist
state, or should the App.config file be used?

If the Registry should be used, what .NET class reads and writes the
Registry?

If the App.config file should be used, reading a configuration setting is
trivial, but there appears to be no write methtod. Please post a write
method when replying.

 

[Patrick Altman]

Dan,

Check out the Registry class in the Microsoft.Win32 namespace. It will
allow you to read/write the registry with relative ease.

A better solution to writing configuration access code would be to take a
look at the Configuration Management Access Block for .NET which is apart of
the "Patterns & Practices" section of MSDN.

For more information:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnbda/html/
cmab.asp

Patrick Altman

 

[Patrick Altman]

My apologies on the long (and broken) URL. Here is a shorter one:
http://tinyurl.com/fue1