Application settings

[John]

Hi

Is there an easy way to allow user to change application settings at run
time short of editing the configuration file manually?

Thanks

Regards

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"John" <Jo**@nospam.in fovis.co.ukschr ieb:

Is there an easy way to allow user to change application settings at run
time short of editing the configuration file manually?

This can be done for user settings ('My.Settings') , but it is not possible
for settings whose scope is the whole application. In the latter case users
typically do not have the rights to write the configuration file.

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[Eric Moreau]

have a look at
http://www.emoreau.com/Entries/Artic...revisited.aspx

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Hi

Is there an easy way to allow user to change application settings at run
time short of editing the configuration file manually?

Thanks

Regards

[John]

Actually I have googled and am looking for something like this

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/configeditor.aspx

which would let the user edit application settings easily. Unfortunately
this one does not load my app.config (given below) for some reason.

Regards

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuratio n>
<configSections >
<sectionGroup name="applicati onSettings"
type="System.Co nfiguration.App licationSetting sGroup, System,
Version=2.0.0.0 , Culture=neutral , PublicKeyToken= b77a5c561934e08 9">
<section name="EMS.My.My Settings"
type="System.Co nfiguration.Cli entSettingsSect ion, System, Version=2.0.0.0 ,
Culture=neutral , PublicKeyToken= b77a5c561934e08 9" requirePermissi on="false"
/>
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<connectionStri ngs>
<add name="EMS.My.My Settings.EMSDat aConnection"
connectionStrin g="Provider=Mic rosoft.Jet.OLED B.4.0;Data Source=&quot;C: \EMS
2008\Data\Event s Manager Data.mdb&quot;" providerName="S ystem.Data.OleD b" />
</connectionStrin gs>
<system.diagnos tics>
<sources>
<!-- This section defines the logging configuration for
My.Application. Log -->
<source name="DefaultSo urce" switchName="Def aultSwitch">
<listeners>
<add name="FileLog" />
<!-- Uncomment the below section to write to the Application Event
Log -->
<!--<add name="EventLog"/>-->
</listeners>
</source>
</sources>
<switches>
<add name="DefaultSw itch" value="Informat ion" />
</switches>
<sharedListener s>
<add name="FileLog"
type="Microsoft .VisualBasic.Lo gging.FileLogTr aceListener,
Microsoft.Visua lBasic, Version=8.0.0.0 , Culture=neutral ,
PublicKeyToken= b03f5f7f11d50a3 a, processorArchit ecture=MSIL"
initializeData= "FileLogWri ter" />
<!-- Uncomment the below section and replace APPLICATION_NAM E with the
name of your application to write to the Application Event Log -->
<!--<add name="EventLog"
type="System.Di agnostics.Event LogTraceListene r"
initializeData= "APPLICATION_NA ME"/-->
</sharedListeners >
</system.diagnost ics>
<applicationSet tings>
<EMS.My.MySetti ngs>
<setting name="ClientErr orLogEmailRecip ient" serializeAs="St ring">
<value>in**@myd omain.co.uk</value>
</setting>
<setting name="ErrorLogE mailFrequency" serializeAs="St ring">
<value>1</value>
</setting>
<setting name="Sender" serializeAs="St ring">
<value>EM****** ***@mydomain.co .uk</value>
</setting>
<setting name="SMTPServe r" serializeAs="St ring">
<value>smtp.myi sp.co.uk</value>
</setting>
<setting name="strLocalD DB" serializeAs="St ring">
<value>"C:\Blah Blah\Replica of MyDB.mdb"</value>
</setting>
<setting name="strRemote DDB" serializeAs="St ring">
<value>"F:\Blah Blah\MyDB.mdb"</value>
</setting>
</EMS.My.MySettin gs>
</applicationSett ings>
</configuration>
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On Feb 13, 9:47 am, "John" <[e-mail] fovis.co.ukwrot e:

>Hi

Is there an easy way to allow user to change application settings at run
time short of editing the configuration file manually?

Thanks

Regards

Dang, do you search for anything?

If you didn't know, this group is archived at:

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...=gschg&safe=on

Most of your answers could be found there or by searching google.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe [MVP]