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.infovis.co.ukschrieb:

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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"John" <Jo**@nospam.infovis.co.ukwrote in message
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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"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="applicationSettings"
type="System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsGrou p, System,
Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089">
<section name="EMS.My.MySettings"
type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=2.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false"
/>
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="EMS.My.MySettings.EMSDataConnection"
connectionString="Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 ;Data Source=&quot;C:\EMS
2008\Data\Events Manager Data.mdb&quot;" providerName="System.Data.OleDb" />
</connectionStrings>
<system.diagnostics>
<sources>
<!-- This section defines the logging configuration for
My.Application.Log -->
<source name="DefaultSource" switchName="DefaultSwitch">
<listeners>
<add name="FileLog" />
<!-- Uncomment the below section to write to the Application Event
Log -->
<!--<add name="EventLog"/>-->
</listeners>
</source>
</sources>
<switches>
<add name="DefaultSwitch" value="Information" />
</switches>
<sharedListeners>
<add name="FileLog"
type="Microsoft.VisualBasic.Logging.FileLogTraceLi stener,
Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, processorArchitecture=MSIL"
initializeData="FileLogWriter" />
<!-- Uncomment the below section and replace APPLICATION_NAME with the
name of your application to write to the Application Event Log -->
<!--<add name="EventLog"
type="System.Diagnostics.EventLogTraceListener"
initializeData="APPLICATION_NAME"/-->
</sharedListeners>
</system.diagnostics>
<applicationSettings>
<EMS.My.MySettings>
<setting name="ClientErrorLogEmailRecipient" serializeAs="String">
<value>in**@mydomain.co.uk</value>
</setting>
<setting name="ErrorLogEmailFrequency" serializeAs="String">
<value>1</value>
</setting>
<setting name="Sender" serializeAs="String">
<value>EM*********@mydomain.co.uk</value>
</setting>
<setting name="SMTPServer" serializeAs="String">
<value>smtp.myisp.co.uk</value>
</setting>
<setting name="strLocalDDB" serializeAs="String">
<value>"C:\BlahBlah\Replica of MyDB.mdb"</value>
</setting>
<setting name="strRemoteDDB" serializeAs="String">
<value>"F:\BlahBlah\MyDB.mdb"</value>
</setting>
</EMS.My.MySettings>
</applicationSettings>
</configuration>
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On Feb 13, 9:47 am, "John" <[e-mail]:

>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]