[RESOLVED] [02/03] Saving data on close/terminate.

[jeffnyc]

I want to call a function that saves data to a text file when my app is closed or terminated. How do I do this?

Please note I am using 2002 version.

Thanks.

[jmcilhinney]

Handle the Closed event of your main form and save the data in the event handler.

[jeffnyc]

Handle the Closed event of your main form and save the data in the event handler.

sorry but im a bit of a newbie... how do i do that?

[jmcilhinney]

To create an event handler you open the code window, select the object from the drop-down list at the top left and the event you want to handle from the drop-down list at the top right. To write text to a file you use a StreamReader object.

[jeffnyc]

To create an event handler you open the code window, select the object from the drop-down list at the top left and the event you want to handle from the drop-down list at the top right. To write text to a file you use a StreamReader object.

I know how to save the data. In the drop down their is a finalize event - is that the one where I should add my code before the MyBase.Finalize()?


Thanks.

[jmcilhinney]

Finalize is not an event. It's a method. You should absolutely NOT be saving settings in the Finalize method. I've already said that you should be doing it in the Closed event handler.