<davepkz@hotmail.comwrote in message
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>I have a basic question about managing user.config settings:
>
In my C# app, I save the user's preferences to the config file. But
each time I release a new build of the app, something in .NET creates a
new folder (named for the build number) in Documents And Settings. The
result is the users lose all their settings and have to start over.
>
What is the standard way to allow users to maintain their settings when
they get a new version of a .NET app?
Here's the way I do it - ClickOnce does something similar automatically.
You need to make use of the SettingsBase.Upgrade method.
Add a Setting to your project called ApplicationVersion, then use code like
the following in the startup of your applicaiton:
System.Reflection.Assembly a =
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
Version appVersion = a.GetName().Version;
string appVersionString = appVersion.ToString();
if (Properties.Settings.Default.ApplicationVersion != appVersion.ToString())
{
Properties.Settings.Default.Upgrade();
Properties.Settings.Default.ApplicationVersion = appVersionString;
}
-cd
