Saving User Settings

Saving User Settings

• bjpohl

  what about .data how do i use that
  
  

• Phillipe

  im sorry, but im already lost :(
  
  Maybe u could make a quick app for me to learn off i dont know, im finding this very confusing
  
  

• mwong7025

  Hi,
  
  use the app.config xml-file to do so:
  
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vboriintroductiontoapplicationsettingstorage.asp
  
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/04/AdvancedBasics/
  
  

• charlie.b

  Check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/vbmysettings.asp
  
  You could create a user-scoped setting of type StringCollection, and add the path to the program there when the user adds the menu item.
  
  When starting the program, loop thorough all the items in the collection and add it as a corrsponding menu item.
  
  Just make sure that you save your settings when you close the application (either by calling My.Settings.Save or, if you are using the application framework in, the "Save my settings" checkbox is checked on the Application property page)
  
  Best regards,
  Johan Stenberg
  
  

• Anoop.k

  iim sorry, but that made no sense to be... Could you help me out
  
  Thankx
  
  

• Robert Rouse

  so far this is how my app works:
  
  People add a program to the menu using openfiledialog, thats fine
  
  once they choose a program in openfiledialog, the filepath appears in textbox1, the menu item has the following code in it:
  
  

  process.star (textbox1.text)

  
  
  so it reads the filepath in textbox1 and then initiates the program
  
  A friend told me that u then had to put this into the form1_load:
  
  

  Dim app_path As String   Dim nFilenum As Integer   nFilenum = FreeFile() app_path = My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath FileOpen(nFileNum, app_path & "\" & "SortingApp.data", OpenMode.Binary, OpenAccess.Read, OpenShare.LockReadWrite)

  
  
  i did that and their were no errors
  
  Now when i add a program to the menu a .data file appears in the directory that my app is located, it opens as a notepad
  
  now on her program a filepath gets added to the notepad, how come mine doesnt
  
  and also how would i make the textbox1 read the file and display it when i start up my app
  
  Thankx for any replies :)

  
  
  

• turbofart

  Isnt there something easier it doesnt have to be secure in anyway, its not passwords or anything, they just add a program to the menu, i just need it to stay there :)
  
  

• Regerio R. Alcantara

  Hi,
  
  to store your application settings in .net the app.config xml-file is used. The articles describe how to write and read data from that files.
  
  Of course you can use the windows regestry or other types of files, too.

  
  
  
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