[dba-VB] VS2005: Storing application settings

Storing stuff in the registry is definitely discouraged in dotNet,
Susan.  And more and more, the registry is being locked down by system
administrator.  We started to run into problems with that in our extant
Access applications.

Charlotte Foust 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 8:41 AM
To: Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues.
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] VS2005: Storing application settings

> How do you store application settings?
>
> I've noticed the nice pane with the tab "Settings" for manually doing 
> this, but it is read-only from code.
> Of course you can step down and attack the xml file storing the data, 
> but I find that a bit clumsy.

=====I'm not sure if VS works the same way as Access, but in Access, I
store individual settings in the registry.

Susan H.