Saving Work done on a program for later use

There are a few things I would be greatly appreciative if someone a bit more learned than I could help me with. Mainly my question is how do i save the work i am doing on a program (after i make it an exe) such as list box's or text boxes or variables, so next time i work on my program i can open them and continue the work and then save it again.
I am currently working on 2 projects that i would use this task for. One is an invintory list, and another would be a funds organizer. any information in this area would be very much appreciated. thank you for your time. happy programming!

I am confussed by your question. Once you compile your project into an exe, you still have the project files. You can still edit the project, and re-compile it.

sorry it was a bit confusing..the exe has nothing to do with the question i just didn't want you to think i was trying to save it as an exe. i need to know how to save the work i am doing after i am running the program.

Oh, ok. So your program does some stuff, and you want to save the values of some variables and items in listboxes etc.
There are two functions: SaveSetting() and GetSetting(). These store infomation for you in the registry without you having to add any API settings for registry reading/writing. What you will need to do is read in these keys, and initilize your variables to the values in them.