App.config file - Visual Basic .NET

Rob

It's easy enough to read from a VB.net configuration file...

variable = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("key")

However, how do you write to one ?

Thanks !

Nov 23 '05 #1

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Chris

Rob wrote:

It's easy enough to read from a VB.net configuration file...

variable = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("key")

However, how do you write to one ?

Thanks !

Don't don't have access from inside a vb.net class to write to an
app.config file. If you want to save user settings and such use a
different file.

Chris

Nov 23 '05 #2

Matthew.Gertz

Note that if you are using VS2005, you can take advantage of the My.Settings feature to read and write such properties, such as (after adding "Foo" in the Settings designer):

My.Settings.Foo = Me.SomeValue ' write
Me.SomeValue = My.Settings.Foo 'read

Such settings are persisted per-user in the appropriate "Documents and Settings" application data folder.

--Matt Gertz--*
VB Compiler Dev Lead

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris
Posted At: Monday, November 14, 2005 1:25 PM
Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb
Conversation: App.config file
Subject: Re: App.config file
Rob wrote:

It's easy enough to read from a VB.net configuration file...

variable = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("key")

However, how do you write to one ?

Thanks !

Don't don't have access from inside a vb.net class to write to an
app.config file. If you want to save user settings and such use a
different file.

Chris

Nov 23 '05 #3

Chris

Ma***********@feedback.microsoft.com wrote:

Note that if you are using VS2005, you can take advantage of the My.Settings feature to read and write such properties, such as (after adding "Foo" in the Settings designer):

My.Settings.Foo = Me.SomeValue ' write
Me.SomeValue = My.Settings.Foo 'read

Such settings are persisted per-user in the appropriate "Documents and Settings" application data folder.

--Matt Gertz--*
VB Compiler Dev Lead

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris
Posted At: Monday, November 14, 2005 1:25 PM
Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb
Conversation: App.config file
Subject: Re: App.config file
Rob wrote:
It's easy enough to read from a VB.net configuration file...

variable = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("key")

However, how do you write to one ?

Thanks !

Don't don't have access from inside a vb.net class to write to an
app.config file. If you want to save user settings and such use a
different file.

Chris

oooo, interesting... I did not know this...

Thank.
Chris

Nov 23 '05 #4

Rob

What about using the xml DOM ?

Why wouldn't you want to do that ?

- Rob
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Rob wrote:
It's easy enough to read from a VB.net configuration file...

variable = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("key")

However, how do you write to one ?

Thanks !

Don't don't have access from inside a vb.net class to write to an
app.config file. If you want to save user settings and such use a
different file.

Chris

Nov 23 '05 #5

Dave_R_KTM

It's probally important to note that an Application scoped setting is
read-only. Where as a User scoped setting is capable of being written to.
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Life would be easier if i had the source code
"Ma***********@feedback.microsoft.com" wrote:

Note that if you are using VS2005, you can take advantage of the My.Settings feature to read and write such properties, such as (after adding "Foo" in the Settings designer):

My.Settings.Foo = Me.SomeValue ' write
Me.SomeValue = My.Settings.Foo 'read

Such settings are persisted per-user in the appropriate "Documents and Settings" application data folder.

--Matt Gertz--*
VB Compiler Dev Lead

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris
Posted At: Monday, November 14, 2005 1:25 PM
Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb
Conversation: App.config file
Subject: Re: App.config file
Rob wrote:
It's easy enough to read from a VB.net configuration file...

variable = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("key")

However, how do you write to one ?

Thanks !

Don't don't have access from inside a vb.net class to write to an
app.config file. If you want to save user settings and such use a
different file.

Chris

Dec 20 '05 #6

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