I am developing an application, and i need to store some configuration settings, with time, i will need to add some more configuration settings. Am thinking of three alternative to implement that will me easy to access without much coding and efficient sqlite, xml, and application configuration file..But am concerned about security, because some personal data will be saved together.
View 2 Repliesi thought of storing some of the configuration settings in a xml file on a remote linux machine. and vb.net application on the client system has to access and read from it.
i don't want to encrypt and keep the data with in the client system
I'm working on a program that generates random values for a byte array thats length is 16.I have already devised the generation method, but I want to use My.Settings to store this...but I haven't seem to have located Byte() for My.Settings.
View 2 RepliesI've written a windows service in VB.NET 2.0 and the service needs to know a few file paths and other settings when it starts in order to be able to do what its supposed to do. These are settings that users of my service need to be able to configure themselves so I cant hard code them in.At the moment I just have the service look for a file named Config.INI in the same directory that it is being run from and if this file exists it attempts to read the settings in from there... this works perfectly, but it just feels a bit clunky and old. If it was a normal windows app I would store the settings in an XML file in the user's application data folder or something but as this is a Service then thats not possible as it is not run by any one user (well technically it is, the Local System account). I then thought about using the registry but I seem to recall people saying that you should avoid storing settings in the registry if you can really, especially with the new security in Vista and Server 2008.
View 6 Replieshow to store the connection string to my Access mdb in my project's My.Settings ?
View 4 RepliesWhich is the best way to store global variables, in My.Settings or My.Namespace. The reason I ask is because I need to know certain boolean values if certain forms are open from other forms. At present I am defining Global Boolean variables in My.Application, which give the result I require.
View 3 Replieswhere is the configuration of vb.net? because I Need to set a User for the checker Role before go to verifier .. my boss told me if i will set it to config or i will hardcode it to set a new checker
View 1 RepliesI am storing my connection string in my app.config file. I am using sql server express 2005. The connection string on my dev machine is different from the ones at the clients. so each time I update I open the config file and edit the connection string setting. This is quite a pain.also I have now published my app to an ftp folder so that the clients can get the updates each time I make changes. saves me the hassle of going to them each time i update. so now i need it to be so that I won't have to change the setting all the time.Would the best way be to store the connection string in a settings table in the database?
View 6 RepliesI have an ASP.NET application. It resides within another ASP.NET application. I put my DLL in the other apps bin folder and have a subdirectory with my aspx files. I can't edit the main app's Web.config.
So where can I store configuration settings? For example, this is an app that will get deployed to various clients. I want to store the client name used for display in the headers and such. And the location of a logo file.
we have several applications in Vb.Net using the built in log system (My.Log) to write log information. Until now this system was configured by the application.config file before execution but now we want to let the user to choose some options.
Is there a way that does not requires to parse the XML file and process it? Is there available something like My.Settings that will do the dirty job done?
An example would be to be able to modify the DefaultSwitch value from Verbose to Warning or changing a property of the FileLog like the maxFiles attribute:
<switches>
<add name="DefaultSwitch" value="Verbose" />
</switches>
<sharedListeners>
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Coding in VB.net in VS 2010. I have:Imports System.Configuration and I added a reference to System.Configuration.
When
**MsgBox(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("sDBName").ToString)**
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Every .NET project I've worked on uses an app.config file for its configuration. Fair enough. "is there a better way?" (in the spirit of continual learning of course)I guess my specific questions are:
Does it matter either way if I use app.config or settings file?Are there any scenarios where settings files should not be used e.g web sites where you should use a web.config instead?Other than not having to edit xml, are there any other benefits gained by using settings instead of app.config, e.g. its easier to deploy or maintain apps etc.
Clarification: I'll put this question another way: Can I completely ignore app.config files if I want to and keep all the configuration in a settings.cs file and interact with configuration via the designer only?
I have a VS2010 solution with a Settings.settings file. The user settings are saved to the Local Settings folder and this is a problem as these settings do not roam.Currently the settings file is saved automatically to:
Dim config_initial As System.Configuration.Configuration = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(System.Configuration.ConfigurationUserLevel.PerUserRoamingAndLocal)
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I am writing a program to automatically switch my proxy address based on the network I am connected to.
I have so far got everything to work except the part that I have highlighted below.
Is there any way to change the automatic configuration script and the automatically detect settings in code?
The solution can be either P/Invoke registry editing. I just need something that works.
Is anyone aware of a way that I can set application (or user) level settings in a .Net application that are conditional on the applications current development mode? IE: Debug/Release To be more specific, I have a url reference to my webservices held in my application settings. During release mode I would like those settings to point to [URL] during debug mode I would love those settings to be [URL]
View 2 RepliesI store three items in My.Settings. One is a serialized string, and the other two are GUIDs. When the main form starts, those three items are loaded into various places. On rare, and so far unpredictable, occasions, one of these GUIDs is notably absent. The others may or may not be, I have yet to be able to check. Since it happens so infrequently (twice this month, though I have been working on the code every day), I'm having a very hard time tracking down the problem. However, it got me wondering where these values are stored. I see one of them showing up in App.Config, though without a value. Is there a place I can see the others?
View 13 RepliesI have a custom control that as a custom property. The property has several preset values to chose from a drop down. The control can be added to a form. The property can be viewed and set in the properties box in the IDE. It all works fine.
Here's the problem: I can create new versions and recompile the control and/or the application without the properties preset value being lost as long as I do it in Debug mode. However, once I try to recompile in Release mode the custom property values predefined setting is lost. I first thought it was something with going from debug mode to release mode. But it seems to be ANY time I recompile in Release mode the custom property values are lost. Is this a quirk in VS that needs a configuration setting, etc. to get around it?
I have three settings Pleas,DocketSheets,AllTrays (strings). How to I set the value and save them for ever?
I've tried.
My.Settings.AllTrays = "Tray1;Tray2;Tray3;Tray4"
My.Settings.Save()
but it says that AllTrays is readOnly. Are the settings only retrievable and not settable or updatable?
I need a way to store just the time only to my access database. the datetimepicker isn't working because there is no way to have a null date.I found this and it seems to be exactly what I need.When I try to convert it to vb2008 i get a few errors I can't figure out.
View 8 RepliesIm using vb.net and the database is mysql to write a time management system. how i store date and time to the database?
View 2 RepliesI want to store a regular array in My.Settings. Not an ArrayList, not a StringCollection, just a string Array. Can this be done? If so, how is it done? I can't seem to find the string array datatype in the settings designer in Visual Studio.
View 3 RepliesHow I can store a bitmap in my.settings?
View 1 RepliesI have a structure like this[code]...
How can I store this in my.settings? When I select browse to find the type, or simply type in "Register", it does not work.
I am using an .ini file to store my settings, so they are editable. But the thing is, it wont redirect? I had it working some minutes ago, but now, it just gives me a white page.. It didnt do that some minutes ago Here is my whole code, as it would take time to split it all that has with .Ini file to do.
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Is there a way I can store HUGE strings without using settings? Or storing it outside the program?
View 1 RepliesDoes anyone know how to store settings/resources internally?I have this code (example).msgbox(my.settings.message)But this method generates a .resx file with the application.
View 3 RepliesI want to find out how I can store text from a textbox, close the form and next time when I start it again, I want to load the text into the textbox that was previous entered. I have created a new application setting thing as a string. then in the textbox1_textchanged event I wrote
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You know how using My.Settings.something to store persistent data is done only for user settings and not application settings. This information is stored in the registry on the local user section.My problem here is that even if it is in the same machine, when a user changes some setting it is not reflected on other users. This is desirable for some of them but there are a few I would like to keep for all users.Is there a way to do it with the settings? Do I need to write to the registry in the machine section? or do you just recomend I create a configuration file?
View 5 Repliesi need to store Application wide Settings in my Application like:
Connection to DB (Servername) Username/Password Registrar/Serial etc. I think there are basically two Options:
Store them in the Registry Store them in an Application Settings File Using one of the methods above is no problem, but under Windows 7 my Application running in normal user mode allows me only to store user specific data. For example inside UserAppDataRegistry, UserAppDataPath etc.
But when i want to use e.g. CommonAppDataRegistry to write my Data in, then i get no access to it, due to missing privileges.
Now my question:
Where and how to store Application Wide Data? How are others doing this? When i purchase an application and install it on my pc, it asks me for Uusername and Serial. When i insert it then it saves it somewhere without asking me for Administrative Privileges or something else.
I have a license form that i wish to save the information or just system wide information for that matter,I know about the my.Settings - however this will only save for a specific user and the aplpication scope you can not write to.Where is the best place or the normal practice of saving application wide information?
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