Normaly it's the other way round, right?Just going "My.settings([name of setting])"But the thing is that I can't call my setting what I want.If u can understand the question, please awnser it.
View 13 RepliesI am rewritting my application to conform to ms standards. We used to save all settings to registry for user settings, servername, size and locations.so we are now saving them into My.Settings app.config the only problem is that each time there is an update clickonce will isntall the newupdate but now all settings are loist and user has to save everything all over again..
I am trying to follow the book here but it seems i keep getting stuck somewhere. registry has worked fine for years but i understand we must move on, but if stuff like this happens then i just wasted a long time converting all code to conform for it to not work..
I have created a settings-file for my plug-in-based app. When the mainApp writes the settings to the file, the pluginApp should read the settings from the settings-file (when opening or at runtime even better), but somehow it reads the settings from the app.config-file. This means that the pluginApp never will read the settings according the values of the file.
View 4 RepliesI saw that you can also use a "Settings File" (Add new Item)to add your settings instead of the application settings. But I can't seem to write any values to the file. Someone with experience with the "Settings1.settings"?
View 2 RepliesI set up some application settings for checkboxes on an app and then decided to remove them. When I set the Application Settings to (none) in the designer and restarted the app, the checkbox constantly checks and unchecks itself. I completely remade the app and removed the file that is used to store my.settings in the Local folder of the user's appdata profile. I also made sure to uncheck the "save my.settings" on shutdown.
View 6 RepliesThe company has been using Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 2.0 for approximately 2 years. During that time we released several versions (4.x.x) of our program to the public and were able to preserve the user's settings using My.Settings.Upgrade.During the past development cycle we upgraded the program to Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 and changed the version to 5.x.x. Now, when a user upgrades from 4.x.x to 5.x.x they lose all of their settings.However, in all upgrades after that point (ie 5.0 to 5.1) all the user's settings are once again preserved.I checked C:Documents and Settings<USER_NAME>Local SettingsApplication DataCompanyName and it contains two directories:
ApplicationName_Url_aaa ApplicationName_Url_bbb
where aaa and bbb are 32 character strings. All of the user.config files for the 4.x.x releases can be found in the ApplicationName_ Url_aaa directory. All of the user.config files for the 5.x.x releases can be found in the ApplicationName_Url_bbb directory.Based on this information it seems like something changed when we converted our program to VS2010 and Framework4 that is now causing a different 32 character string to be generated. However, we have been unable to track it down.
I have the following structure:OLD: frmMain (WinForm)uscStat (UserControl with Grid) In frmMain I'm able to make some settings and load the result of the settings via LinQ into the Grid of the uscStat.
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I just wondered if you can or can't save arrays using the settings system object. There seems to be no way of entering it at designtime. It seems implied you cannot create new user settings.subobjects at runtime. I'm looking to find the easiest way to save a populated array of PictureBox's. If the only way is a self/custom made/managed .ini file then I need to know so i can start on that but I was hoping to use some of all this phaff in the new frameworks usefully.
View 3 RepliesIs there a way to maintain application modified Settings in the settings files after a program update? i.e. I have 10 or so values in the settings file and the users can modify them... when I send a program update they revert back to what I initially programmed them to be.
View 3 Repliesi have created a user setting named 'setmeup' as string, scope = user, value = "magical meow meow!".in my code i access it and assign it a new value like this...my.settings.setmeup = "howdy cowboy!"my.settings.save()application.restart()when the application restarts, i expect the my.settings.setmeup = "howdy cowboy!" but when i check its contents its still "magical meow meow!".but when i use application.exit() instead of application.restart() and manually restart the program, my.settings.setmeup = "howdy cowboy!" which is correct.what must i do? i want to use application.restart() because i don't want the users to double-click the icon again to start the program. i want the program to restart automatically.
View 2 Replies1. I can't find the file which reflects changes to user settings. This might be because I just can't find it (I can see a bunch of user.config files but they are all empty - weird!), or...
2. I'm not actually saving them when I think I am.
Regarding 2. - do I need to invoke
Is this all I need? And if so, why are my user.configs empty?
I'm working with an Treeview and i'm new at it and i have 2 questions.
1. How can i save the treeview items, to settings (my.settings.history)
2. How can i save the treeview items as an TXT or XML file or another exception.
my old vb6 program used to store to ini files now with .net I rekon I need to do something new.. was thinking XML but then in searching around I stumbled apon this my.settings stuff.. so I followed the instructions but something strange is going one..
1. whats the difference between the standard my.settings and adding a new class that is of settings ? anything ?
2. I made 10 new settings in the setting manager but when I try to change then it gives me the old squiggle line saying no go.
Small questions about the settings.settings. Are these settings saved into the registry? I'm want to use and external file for my connection-commands. I don't want to use the registry to store the strings. What do you recommend?
View 11 Replieshow to set My.settings.test to 00.00 value every 24 hours?
View 25 RepliesIn your opinion what's the best way to write and read to a XML file if you want to insert random data to the file, like settings, and later on change, add or delete some of that data?
View 3 RepliesAre the settings you create bundled with the application? Or are they written to some kind of file or the registry?If it is bundled in the assembly, I was thinking about at run-time of the application, getting the date, version and other system specifics and creating an encrypted value to write to the registry, but only if their "key" setting is "" or nothing.
If the 'key' setting is set, I could just go to the subkey I wrote the encrypted value to, and check to see if the application's 'key' setting matches that which is written to the registry. If not, then their trying to use their copy on another machine (bad).
I'm wondering with My.Settings, where abouts my program saves them, and if they are very secure or not, encrypted etc..?
View 2 RepliesIs it possible to have a forms opacity at lets say 10% and have a picturebox on the form transparent but have its contents at 100% opacity? Because when i set the forms opacity to 10% it sets all its controls to 10% opacity.
View 2 RepliesI'm trying to save a setting I've defined under Project -> Settings -> FirstRun, type boolean, scope Application, default value, false,But it doesn't seem to work, this is my(the text box does not stop, every time I open the program it shows)
Private Sub Form1_Shown(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Shown
If Not My.Settings.FirstRun Then
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Where exactly does a program save your My.Settings to?I took my program to work to do testing since I use it there mostly (but I create the program at home)I have a problem with my code that has locked my program from doing what it is supposed to do because of the settings.
View 10 RepliesHow can I make a vb application which will cause IE to use a proxy server (localhost 8888) when the main form loads and undo this change when the main form is closed??
View 2 RepliesI need a list of LAN settings & codes for visual basic 2008
View 1 Replieshow do I save settings of a form like its background color, fonstyle, sontsize etc. I cannot save them as string or text into my access database.
View 4 RepliesMy Form closing
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Note: I tried this with a textbox and it worked. The Textbox text was the labels closing, but when I used this with label, it didnt work.
I have created a Outlook 2007 AddIn project with a Setup project.The settings for a databae connection are in the registry.Now I want to create a config file outside the msi so the settings for the database connection can be changed before the addin is installed.It is no problem if the settings stay in the config file instead of the registry.I have googled around but found no solution yet.
View 2 RepliesHow do I change my code so that it will change the Value of the My.Settings.* to what TextBox1.Text is
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
If RadioButton1.Checked = True Then
My.Settings.Acc1 = TextBox1.Text And My.Settings.Pass1 = TextBox2.Text
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I created a form and a checkbox with default name in visual basic 2008 as i move mouse wheel, i can choose a picture for background image i can also change the checkbox's forecolor when i press any key on the keyboard and my first problem is i want to save the new background image which i has already chosen as i close my form and so does the checkbox's forecolor,move the checkbox to wherever i like and save this setting?
View 2 RepliesHow would I go about changing/retreiving settings for firefox in about:config in a form application?
View 2 Repliesmy project uses my.resources + my.settings, + both are working perfectly in debug, but when i move the exe to my desktop, some of the my.settings variables aren't saving. has anyone seen this before? i checked + my project is setup to save settings on exit...
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