saving user values

Hi this is a little tricky to explain. What I want is a series of labels to be saved ( these labels make up 1 group)
But, to make it a little more complex, I want the user to be able to save more than one group.
These groups need to be saved in such a way that I can later call on a specific group.

Thanks for any advice

Dan

2 things
first, is that you want to save the label text
second you want to save the groups to where , i mean in to a database ?
how to differentiate the groups from one another ? is these are lies with in a group box ?

Yes I want to save the label text.
I want to save the groups within the application (like using my.settings)
as for differentiating the groups, I am not sure how I would do this. hence the question

One of the Settings types is a String Collection. Use one for each group.

The problem here is I need to save multiple times, I have no idea how many times in total, the user makes this choice by just saving whatever they like whenever they like. How would I do this?

i think you go for a simple access database or simple xml files
http://www.dotnetperls.com/xmlwriter-vbnet

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Originally Posted by make me rain

i think you go for a simple access database or simple xml files
http://www.dotnetperls.com/xmlwriter-vbnet

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Ok, I just finished having a look at what you have suggested, seems like a good way to go. so saving the groups is pretty straight forward, the obvious point here is, for each group would I need a new file? or even benefit from it?

So you're happy to save a complete XML file every time there's a change, and even multiple files multiple times, but not Settings which meet your original brief of being self-contained? :confused:

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Originally Posted by dunfiddlin

So you're happy to save a complete XML file every time there's a change, and even multiple files multiple times, but not Settings which meet your original brief of being self-contained? :confused:

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i'm not sure how to use string collections?

I'll tell you what, I will upload my project, so you can get an idea of what is going on and what is meant to happen

Here you go.

So, can anyone suggest methods that best suit my requirements and then if need be help me with the methods.

well, I tried this

Code:

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    Public Shared Sub Main()

        Dim mycol As New StringCollection()
        Dim base() As String = {My.Settings.calc1, My.Settings.calc2, My.Settings.calc3, My.Settings.calc4, My.Settings.calc5, My.Settings.calc6, My.Settings.calc7, My.Settings.calc8}
        mycol.AddRange(base)

    End Sub

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Values were added but never saved... any ideas?