NEWBIE - Where to store user-defined options?

[Dave]

Greetings,

On a windows forms application, if I have a form with user options, where do
I store those so that when the user opens the application again, those
options are used (i.e. the form's background color).

Thanks,

-Dave

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

On a windows forms application, if I have a form with user options, where
do I store those so that when the user opens the application again, those
options are used (i.e. the form's background color).

Storing and loading user preferences
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/?id=userpreferences&lang=en>

 

[Dave]

Herfried,

This looks like some great reading. Thanks for the link! Do you recommend
the xml method?

-Dave

 

[Jim Burns]

Is there no more getsetting and savesetting functions.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Is there no more getsetting and savesetting functions.

These functions are not supported any more. Their functionality can be
replaced by the 'Microsoft.Win32.Registry' class.

 

[Eddie B]

I use the registry., but I have also used INI files. The registry
seems to be more efficient, and easier to use.

 

[Noozer]

On a windows forms application, if I have a form with user options, where
do
It depends on the environment...

For single PC's such as you'd find at home, either would work well.

In an office environment where users have roaming profiles you'd be better
off with the registry as it will travel with the profile regardless of which
machine they sat at.

In an office environment where the profiles do not follow the users and the
users move from machine to machine, an INI file is easier to backup and
restore by the user - especially if the admins have removed the ability for
the user to alter the registry.

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Dave,

In my opinion it is:

Workstation depending parts as screensize, windowstate, colors of the
screen, paths in that PC, the registry

PC independent parts XML file.

Just my thought,

Cor

 

[Guest]

For VS2005 (Whidbey) check out:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/k4s6c3a0.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/c9db58th.aspx

- Stenis