saving user values

[danielpalfrey]

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

[make me rain]

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 ?

[danielpalfrey]

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

[dunfiddlin]

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

[danielpalfrey]

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?

[make me rain]

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

[danielpalfrey]

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

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?

[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?

[danielpalfrey]

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?

i'm not sure how to use string collections?

[danielpalfrey]

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

[danielpalfrey]

Here you go.

[danielpalfrey]

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

[danielpalfrey]

well, I tried this

    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

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