I have a project need to reset the my.settings by external files, i have problem to get back the system.drawing.color
Frist I use the SaveConfigFromMySettingToFile() to get the config file,then i add the LoadConfigFromFileToMySetting() at the FormLoad action,But Nothing change! Why? without the LoadConfigFromFileToMySetting() at system load i got the correct color of the button from my.settings.
I have been searching and posting regarding this problem and have found nothing to aid me. Discussion is either on web.config files or deal only with external files for connection strings or earlier versions of vb.net not 2008.I have already successfully put connection strings into an external config file, but trying the same approach with application settings has failed.There are two sections of the app.config involved with application settings.
1. the configuration and config sections at the top of the config. file where the section group and the section name are described.
2. the actually data for the application settings by section group section name which appears in the body of the configuraton section of the app.config.[code]
I would like to tweak some of the numbers in the app.exe.config file while the program is running. I would like my program to re-load those valued from the edited txt file.
I have tried my.settings.reset, reload, and upgrade. None of these seem to reload the values from the config file into the program
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How can i get my program to re-read the config file into its memory once it is up and running. say when a button is clicked?
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.
i 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.
In my program I need to load a bitmap file from an external dll so that I can use it from a Image object. I know how to load picture directly from file but not from resource in external dll.
i am making a program that saves and loads simple RTF files from my computer to others, i am woundering how to do this. The thing i was worried about was the seccurity but i think i have it now, im using a program called Hamachi that gives you a IP through them that links to ur computer w/o accually giving out your IP. So is there anyway that i can do this? here is what i have now:
If EmailTxt.Text = "" Or PassTxt.Text = "" Then StatusText.Text = "You cannot leave anything blank!" ElseIf Directory.Exists("C:MJA" + EmailTxt.Text) = True Then
1. 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 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.
I have created at form with a tabcontrol. On tabpage 1 and tabpage 2 there are a textbox, each containing a setting. When the form loads only the setting on tabpage1 is loaded. Tabpage2 remains empty. What am I doing wrong? Does form_load not work with a tabcontrol?
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load My.Settings.textbox1 = TextBox1.Text
I currently use a Configuration.xml file to store the various preferences and settings of my application. I'd like to continue using this but allow my different users to "load" individual XML files...
To do this, I imagine I can the My.Settings to identify the location of the appropriate file. Reading the docs, it seems that I need to use the .Save method after making any changes to my settings but I'm observing that changes are persisting, regardless of not doing this... what am I doing "wrong"?
I am trying to save the last used font, font color, and background color. Then when starting myapp up again, read the data and use the last used settings.[code....
I found this thread [URL]on saving and loading printer settings It worked fine in XP Virtual Machine, but when I try it on my Windows 7 64 bit it errors on the P.Start Line()I changed from Rundll to PrintUI and it seems to work OK saving the file, but when I try to restore using the code below, it still fails on the P.Start line.What am I doing wrong?
Dim p As New Process p.StartInfo.FileName = "PRINTUI.EXE" p.StartInfo.Arguments = " /Sr /n """ & sPrinter & """ /a ""c:my11_17.dat"" 2 7 c u d" p.Start()
I am trying to save the last used font, font color, and background color. Then when starting myapp up again, read the data and use the last used settings. Here is what I have so far: User pick new font &/or color
Code: If FontDialog1.ShowDialog() <> Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel Then MainText.Font = FontDialog1.Font MainText.ForeColor = FontDialog1.Color
I 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"?
I'm trying to create a favorite box in my web browser using this code in Favorites.vb
Public Class favorites Private Sub btnAdd_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnAdd.Click
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Now I have it so when you click the add button it will put the URL in the string FavList, and place the URL in Listbox1 however I have no idea how to save it, and load it.
So the next time the user opens it, it will have the URL in the string and URL box, so when they click the URL in listbox1 it will redirect the WebBrowser. I think it works like that already I just need to know how to save it, and load it.
Why does my app not load the saved user scope my.settings when it starts by way of the registry run key? This key starts programs after the user login, per microsoft. So why does it not load the saved user settings? The program does start up, but all the areas on the form where saved user scope settings should be, are the default values (mostly empty strings). (The user scope settings are there if I start my program by the desktop shortcut
I've looked, searched, posted to other forums, but can't seem to find an answer.
My typical application has a couple of textboxes, checkbuttons, radiobuttons, and so. I always want to load the settings the user used the last time when the program starts, and also want to save the settings as the users clicks "Save settings" or closes the application. When the user attempts to save the settings, I'll have to check each of the controls for input errors (sometimes they have to have a max length, other times only caps, other times other things, there isn't a rule for them all, everytime it'll be different), and only if everything OK i'll let him save the options. If there is something wrong, no option is saved and my error-control provider will pop up a description of the input type info that should be put in that control.
I've been designing this from scratch for all my projects, but it's being a pain to do it. So I'd thought maybe now was the time to do some library to help me. I thought initially that maybe it'd be a good idea to have all the controls on my form that are going to be part of this save/load process to have an attribute associated with them, something like this [Code]
I've tried to implement this highscore saving feature, so that when my application closes, the highscore saves within the my.settings storage function, and when my program loads up again, the same highscore loads up from this file. atm, it works ONLY within the application (I can close forms and it's still there, but if i end the program it resets to 0 next time it's loaded).it's basically 2 lines of code..1 for saving and 1 for loading..is this the best way to save a highscore for a game? I was initially thinking of making a database and linking it to that, but apprantly it's easier with the My.settings. even thought of using stremawriter but it's more uneccessary work over my.settings.[code]
I am quite new to programming so please bear with me if I am asking stupid questions. I have searched the forums but couldn't find a (comprehensible) answer.I am calling an external .exe file from VB, I do this with Shell.The external .exe opens a command window and asks for a file name. I am trying to make vb to input a file name into the command window but I m not sure how. The SendKeys command doesn't seem to work.