Saving settings [RESOLVED]

[pjrage]

Is there a "proper" way to save settings that a user may have changed in the program, so that they may be loaded the next time? Should I just save them to a text file and parse the data in the file every time I load the program? Or is there a better/easier way?

Anyone have any quick examples or reasons to do it one way or another?

Thanks.

[Atheist]

Go into the Projects menu, at the bottom you have project properties, click there.
Click the Settings tab and create some settings you want to be able to set. You need to give the setting a name and a datatype.

Now, put a textbox on your form. In the property window to the right, find the property called ApplicationSettings and expand it, enter the PropertyBinding property.
Now you'll get a list of properties. Select the 'Text' property and select the setting you want to bind it to in the dropdown list to the right.

[pjrage]

Cool, thanks! I'll try it out.

Can you do custom datatypes also this way?

Is this the "right" way to do it?

[Atheist]

This is definitly a correct way of doing it. You could also use these settings manually, ie not binding them to a property. I dont think its possible to use custom datatypes though.

[pjrage]

This works great, thanks again!