Global variables

[m3ckon]

Hi there,

I've manged to connect to my vpn using the wrapper pointed out to me before and am making good progress.

At the moment I store all of my program constants in an app.config file. However I want users to be able to enter some information and store it locally.

Now ideally I'd like to overwrite the app.config, but I've been told that this is either unacheivable or not good practise.

So can someone tell me the best way of doing this please...preferably with some pointers if possible?

Hope I'm not asking too much

M3ckon

 

[ManicCW]

Why not store it in registry???


Imports Microsoft.Win32

Public Reg As RegistryKey

'in form
Reg = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("Software\\YourProgramName", True)
Reg.SetValue("ValueName", Value)
Reg.Close()

'to retrive value

Reg = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("Software\\YourProgramName", False)
YourLocalVAriable = Reg.GetValue("ValueName")
Reg.Close()

 

[Paszt]

I would suggest using an XML file to store the info.
There are several problems that can occur while using the registry: permissions, bloat, ...
Here are several links:
Managing configuration settings persistence in .NET applications
Use XML to store configuration settings