Where to store user settings in a window application?

[Mazdonat]

Where should I store user settings in a window application? For instance,
states of checkboxes in some kind of a "options menu", (hashed) password,
login, etc, etc...
I googled a lot and i found proposals with a storage in registry as well as
with the storage in a generated file (.xml or .ini?).
What is the best solution?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Rick]

Check Application.Settings. You can specify a property and then bind it to
a control property like a checkbox or textbox. An optional setting saves any
changes when you close the application. - Very easy to use.

Rick

 

[onofftopic]

Check Application.Settings.  You can specify a property and then bind it to
a control property like a checkbox or textbox. An optional setting saves any
changes when you close the application. - Very easy to use.

Rick

Nice advice!
At this way the data is stored into a .exe.config-file (xml-format)
automatically?

 

[Pavel Minaev]

Nice advice!
At this way the data is stored into a .exe.config-file (xml-format)
automatically?

Yes, except that it goes into the user profile (Documents and Settings
\<username>\Application Data), under a subdirectory with name derived
from your application name. You can also designate some properties in
the Settings Designer as global, in which case they'll actually go
into your .exe.config (but then of course a non-admin user won't be
able to change them).

 

[Eric Moreau]

have a look at
http://www.emoreau.com/Entries/Articles/2007/03/AppSettings-revisited.aspx

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HTH

Éric Moreau, MCSD, Visual Developer - Visual Basic MVP
Conseiller Principal / Senior Consultant
Moer inc. (http://www.emoreau.com)
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[Cor Ligthert[MVP]]

Mazdonat,

You asked for the best solution (there are much more)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bdts8hk0.aspx

Cor