Hi to All,
I'm developing an application in VB .NET. I have a question: what is the
best place to save personal settings of my users? I mean, when a user uses
my application, it can create a personal profile (e.g. last files opened,
custom settings, etc...). What is the best place to save them? At first, I
thought to save them in the registry, in the CURRENT_USER section, but I'm
not sure every user can have read/write access to it.
What do you suggest? Where can I find more information?
Thanks,
Paolo 4 2495
Registry for personal setting is of however, you may want to check this out
as well. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de.../html/cmab.asp
--
OHM ( Terry Burns )
. . . One-Handed-Man . . .
"Marco" <no****@nospam. com> wrote in message
news:_5******** *************** @news4.tin.it.. . Hi to All,
I'm developing an application in VB .NET. I have a question: what is the best place to save personal settings of my users? I mean, when a user uses my application, it can create a personal profile (e.g. last files opened, custom settings, etc...). What is the best place to save them? At first, I thought to save them in the registry, in the CURRENT_USER section, but I'm not sure every user can have read/write access to it.
What do you suggest? Where can I find more information? Thanks,
Paolo
* "Marco" <no****@nospam. com> scripsit: I'm developing an application in VB .NET. I have a question: what is the best place to save personal settings of my users? I mean, when a user uses my application, it can create a personal profile (e.g. last files opened, custom settings, etc...). What is the best place to save them? At first, I thought to save them in the registry, in the CURRENT_USER section, but I'm not sure every user can have read/write access to it.
'Environment.Ge tFolderPath(Env ironment.Specia lFolder.LocalAp plicationData)'
or 'Environment.Ge tFolderPath(Env ironment.Specia lFolder.Applica tionData)'
--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
I would suggest Mr. Wagner's method with just 2 additions:
1) Store your settings in a subfolfer of AppData (i.e.
'Environment.Ge tFolderPath(Env ironment.Specia lFolder.Applica tionData) +
"MyAppName. " Don't worry, it's considered OK to leave behind your app's data
in this folder even after uninstall. In fact, it's considered bad form to
delete it.
2) Store your settings in an XML file in this directory... make your job
easier by creating your simple "GetSettings(Se ction,
Key)/WriteSetting(Se ction, Key, Value)" functions to mimic traditional INI
files.
However, if your program is a database client, I prefer to store my user's
settings in a table in the database.
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi************ ***@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:2j******** *****@uni-berlin.de... * "Marco" <no****@nospam. com> scripsit: I'm developing an application in VB .NET. I have a question: what is the best place to save personal settings of my users? I mean, when a user
uses my application, it can create a personal profile (e.g. last files
opened, custom settings, etc...). What is the best place to save them? At first,
I thought to save them in the registry, in the CURRENT_USER section, but
I'm not sure every user can have read/write access to it.
'Environment.Ge tFolderPath(Env ironment.Specia lFolder.LocalAp plicationData)' or 'Environment.Ge tFolderPath(Env ironment.Specia lFolder.Applica tionData)'
-- Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
Hi Marco,
I prefer OHM's answer
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