How do i Change Application Settings file location

How do i Change Application Settings file location

• manoj mishra

  The configuration API is pluggable, and you can write your own settings provider that reads/writes the settings from wherever you want it to. You can find an example that reads/writes to the registry here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/ms181001(en-us,vs.80).aspx 

  You should be able to tweak this to read/write from your usb stick.

  Best regards,
  Johan Stenberg

   

  
  
  

• Evan Tupper

  Your best bet is to write your own configuration settings file that you read at startup, if you want functionality beyond what is offered.

  Remember, if the changed it to make it more versatile, it then becomes more complicated to use and thus more difficult to learn, which means you need a help file and/or a manual - which none reads .

  
  
  

• chill_pill

  My program is made to run on a usb stick, it is a portable app.

  How can i change the application settings file to the application.startupdirectory

  I know it stores the settings in username\local settings\company\product\version\user.config

   

  I want the settings file on the app startup directory.

  They really need 2 change this so you can pick location 

  
  
  

• bollwerj

  i have tried that and it somewhat works, although 1 form displays at a time

  forms:

  setup - writes only

  passreset - reads only

  passreset2 - writes only

  login -  reads and writes

  main - reads only (reads settings used in conjunction with settings panel)

  settings panel (lots of settings) - reads and writes

  I have tried to do my own, and it somewhat worked however i think i just overwritten the whole file, not just that value of the setting.

  I open it and each form (it is mostly 1 form at a time showing) read it and close it when i need 2 save settings i open it, write to it, and save it. Then i open it again.

  I am not really a a beginner i just never needed this type of thing before.

  I can post the code if you need me 2.

  
  
  

• Sean Alford

  What I mean by write your own, is to create your own settings file (from scratch), as an XML file, INI File, plain text file, or whatever.

  Then you can do absolutely anything and store anything you like.

  For example, VB6 had GetSetting and SaveSetting - or something like that, which you could use to store settings to thje registry: but it was fixed. Consequently, very few people used it: they wrote their own classes to save their application settings to an INI file using Win32 API Calls.

  .NET has the ability to 'save' a class as an XML File. Put all your application settings in the class then save and load the class settings to whatever location you need, containing whatever data you need.

  Once you have full control over that file you can, for example, have the settings stored on the USB Key (along with the app), or have the ability to store 'mobile' settings: if they are plugged into a specific computer use a different set of settings. It also makes it easier to backup their settings file.

  
  
  
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