I would like to be able to specify exactly where the My.Settings file gets saved. It bugs me how it gets saved off in the middle of appsettings nowhere, and I would prefer it gets saved where the executable is. If anyone knows how to do this, that would be great. (P.S; I'm using VB.Net.)
View 14 RepliesI'm looking for a way to specify the location for the User.config file that is used for storing the My.Settings object. It appears that this is not possible. The problem for me is, I don't want to be responsible for creating several different files on the users computer that really have no use and are difficult to find and clean once an update is released. For most users, this is not a serious problem, as many will probably never update the software, and most will probably only go through a couple of updates. On my system, there are config files for every build of the application, and the same to a lesser extent will be true for my beta testers.
I can understand that MS wants to make sure that no two applications will use the same location for storing application data, but a simple [UserData] [CompanyName][ApplicationName] for storing application data will probably suffice for 99.9999 percent of the legitimate applications in the world. Bogging a user's system down with erroneous files, no matter how small, is an unnecessary drain on system resources and a potential source of problems for the user. It's bad enough that most programs leave bits and pieces of themselves all over a user's system after De-installation - this to me seems only to exaggerate this problem.
Is the only way to get around this problem to write a whole new Settings Class? Is there a way to change the location of the UserConfig file to a more friendly (and more predictable) location that I am not finding for myself? It would seem that having at least the OPTION to specify a location for the User.Config file would be OBVIOUS and easy to implement, so why did they leave this out?
When I save settings for an application using My.Settings.Save it saves it in %AppData%LocalCompanyname. Because I don't want my app to be installed and I want it to be a just .exe file, and it leaves some files on that computer. I like it to be in my apps location. Can I change that default location?
View 4 RepliesI am just not happy with the fact that the user.config file gtets saved in the user's account folder. Is there a way to save it in the Application's Startup Folder instead? I couldn't find any configuration properties within the PROJECT PROPERTIES which would let me change the file location.
View 2 RepliesMy application is a service application, and it needs to load a set of configuration that the user can change. I was using the System.Configuration classes to set up the app.config file, and then I was going to give the user the option of editing this file to change configuration.
Can I move this file to a custom directory, something like C:settingsapp.config? Or is it forced to reside in the app directory?
I have an application that has a load of values in its app.exe.config file. The application is used by a few users, and the settings would change on a regular basis. so im having to change the config file, and send it out to all users.
I'd love to move the config file to the network somewhere and point the app to this file. ive tried to use;
Imports System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager
OpenExeConfiguration("I:app configHelpDeskQuickCallLogger.exe.config")
But i cant get it to read in the values.
I have a custom settings class which I use for Machine Wide Application Settings and save as a file. I use a custom file instead of the visual studio settings config because Int the settings to be machine scope or application scope which are normally unusable as they are readonly.I dont want the settings to be user scoped.
Imports System.Xml.Serialization
Namespace My
Public NotInheritable Class MySystemSettings
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Add custom settings to the My.Settings namespace
View 7 RepliesI wanted to know is it posible to change My.Settings location.. for example, not in user folder (dont remember in witch folder, but i know it was in some users folder..), but save in application folder?Cos i write programs portable, so they work if the folder with my program is moved even to different PC..It would be a great if i could use my.settings and store in the application path..Cos i have tried to save in registry, xml file, ini file, and they all are pain in the a*s..
View 4 RepliesIm making an application that uses Google Maps Mobile (maps.google.com/m) and it uses a location sensor to give you results. How can i set that up? I would also like to try it with Google Buzz Mobile (m.google.com/app/buzz).
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I have a VB.NET solution built in Visual Studio 2010. It consists of a class project, a service, and a setup project. I have successfully created a setup, and run the setup from the "Release" directory of the setup project (outside of Visual Studio). It installed the service (on the same machine as where the project is), and the service seems to be running fine. The service executable is installed in a directory under c:program files (x86) along with some DLL's it is dependent of. The service (actually the class project I mentioned above) uses some settings from My.Settings. As far as I know these settings are stored in a app.config file in the project directory, as well as in a settings.settings file in the My Project directory under the project directory.
Neither of these files are installed by the installer. But the service can only run if it can read the settings. So where does my service get these settings from? To check if it still reads the settings from the VS project directory, I have temporarily renamed that directory, but that didn't affect the correct operation of the service.
Using either one by itself works fine but if I use both then it behaves strange.It will Maximize just fine but when I click the Maximize button again to take it back to the original size it resizes the window to the original but then immediately resizes it back to the smaller size location. So I end up with a window whose upper left corner is where it belongs but the window size is the same as if it was maximized.
View 7 RepliesI 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 have an app that will need a file repository located in a subfolder in my program's directory. For example: c:program files (x86)myapplicationmyfiles But, I need to allow the user to be able to change the location of this subfolder if they wish to store them on a network drive etc..
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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?
im still fairly new to this. i have written a program, built it and created my setup project and can install it no problems, however, in the "setup view" where you have the threefolders "Application folder" "Users Desktop" and "Users Programs menu" ... u know "the file system view/setup1" ... well here is the problem, i click on "Application folder" and change the "default location" ... so i can specify the program is installed in "C:ProgramFilesJohns AppCalculator" ...... BUT when i build the setup and install the program it does not appear in this location !! arghh i can see all the program files on my pc ... except mine ( i have tried all day and all night the only way i can get it to appear here is by INCLUDING the "project output" into THIS folder ..... even though i only want it to be on the "users desktop" ....
View 4 RepliesI need to know how do i locate a form window on custom location at the desktop[code]..
View 3 RepliesI've read alot of stuff about the Speech API having some way of modifying the voice properties for synthesis but for some reason it's read-only.
View 12 RepliesI 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 have come across a problem with visual studio 2010 & vb.net. i have a few custom controls on the form and few standard controls. When i build the application, the custom controls automatically change size and location. Anchoring and Dock properties are fine. Anchored to Top Left without dockstyle. Even if i fix the location and size in design mode, after i run the application the controls again change back to weird position.
View 2 RepliesI have a Visual Basic .Net 2.0 program. I'm moving the settings from an older settings file, to an app.config program settings file. I'm trying to do this as nicely as possible.
So, I added my setting as shown in this image.
On load I do this:
If My.Settings.databaseConnectionSettings Is Nothing Then
My.Settings.databaseConnectionSettings = New ArrayList()
End If
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So, the question is, how do I get that arraylist of my DatabaseConnectionSettings saved to persistent storage? I want to do this in the cleanest way possible. That is, I don't want to have to convert it to a string or save it to a separate file every-time I want to use it. I would like to be able to use the My.Settings accessor method.
I want to save a Custom DateTimePicker.Value in my Application Settings. The custom format is : dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss, instead of dd/MM/yyyy The field i've created in the application settings parameters is LASTSAVE (DATE / APPLICATION)
When I try to link in the ApplicationSettings/PropertyBinding ... VALUE with my field LASTSAVE, i have an error :
The Value '01/01/0001 00:00:00' is not valid for 'Value'. 'Value' mustbe ... 'MinDate' et 'MaxDate'.
Name of the parameter : Value
I then entered the MIN and MAX date in the properties of my control DATETIMEPICKER.
I have also put into the properties Value a start date like 23/11/2011 12:00:00 ;
However, when i retry to link in the ApplicationSettings/PropertyBinding ... value to LASTSAVE / I have the same error (The Value '01/01/0001 00:00:00' is not valid for 'Value'. ). I've saved all, do a process that put a value in the datetimepicker.value, but it's not saved, cause not linked.
In Visual Studio 2005 or 2008, when adding any User Controls to a Windows Form or other User Control in a Project that implements and is using a custom settings provider, a "Failed to create component" error is displayed. If all references to the custom settings provider are removed from settings.settings and that file is saved then User Controls can be added to Windows Forms and User Controls. However, if the custom settings provider is referenced again in settings.settings, then opening the designer of a Form/Control which includes a User Control results in a "One or more errors encountered while loading the designer..." error message.
I have had a very difficult time in tracking down the root cause of this issue because I assumed it had to do with my code and not the IDE. I am working within the context of a large project which uses User Controls heavily and have written a custom settings provider to persist user settings to a SQL Express database. This settings provider works properly, however if I want to open any Forms or User Controls in designer view I must first manually remove all references to my custom settings provider in setting.settings and then re-add them after the changes are done which is inconvenient to say the least. This problem is not present if the Project is in C#.
(using VB.Net 2008) I am trying to save one of my custom types to the application settings. I've read a variety of opinions on the internet about whether this possible.
When creating an app setting, none of my types appear when browsing. However, previously I needed to save off one of my datasets, and it worked simply by hand-entering it as the setting type (ie, I just typed "MyProjectName.DatasetName"). However, when I try the same trick with another custom type that isn't a dataset, I get a "type was not found" error. So I'm a little confused, can the program "find" some custom types and not others?
I was just wondering what is the Quickest way to set up custom settings, every software has settings that are created and saved, Example a Hotel Software has rooms, roomtypes etc that are used in combination with other things, an Accounting software has Account type, Employee Software will have Full time,Parttime, or anything else, An Employee time Clock would have departments, Tax Brackets.
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how can I set custom context menu location in visual basic 2010:
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View 1 RepliesThis has been driving me batty for the last while. I have an application that is passing up data to a SQL server table. Part of the data is dates. Because of settings on the SQL server the update will not accept the MM/dd/yyyy format. I have been trying for quite some time to get around this.
For some more information. Changing the update method or the server regional settings is not an option and I don't want to change my regional settings as this may not reflect the production server when this goes live.
Here is what I have tried so far
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Dim dateEnd As Date = Date.MinValue
Dim dateStart As Date = Date.MinValue
If IsDate(Me.txtPostEnd.Text) Then
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It works fine if the day is 12 or below because it still thinks that is the month. Is there a way to force the code to recogize that I want to use dd/MM/yyyy format or even dd/MMM/yyyy format?
This has to be done at thhe vb code side as the update to the SQL server is completed via a custom framework so I can't customize the SQL code to insert the data using a CONVERT
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"?
View 2 RepliesSo I've been working with DotNET for a few years now; long enough to establish solid preferences for one available element over another, one available logic over another, and then to develop preferences for aspects of elements and logics.
The one that conflicts me the most is the stock Settings construct. It's a great idea - I mean everybody needs basic data persistence that isn't worthy of databasing, right? It's implemented in a way that anybody - and I mean anybody from flat beginner to highly advanced - can benefit from it. It does some heinously stupid stuff, though; for example, it angers me (and I mean full-on, where's my crowbar-OK-now where's the silly @#*! who came up with the idea anger) that the only way to save it is the way that's hardcoded in. The .SAVE method takes no parameters, there's absolutely zero exposure for the save-path to provide a more deliberate location, so the only place any settings ever get saved is in a ridiculously long (and literally arbitrarily designated) user-profile-based path.
So what happens if/when a user is ready to upgrade their OS (or just reformat and reinstall their OS, which the kinds of people who end up on my client list are prone to do just as part of quarterly maintenance), and they want to save their personal application settings to load in the next time around? They either have to hunt out that moronically obfuscatory save location or I have to write special (and I mean riding the short-short-short bus special) code which is more or less a whole new settings class identical to the settings classes implemented in the application to begin with, just to allow them to export their settings to a known location for transfer.
And what happens if a specific setting needs special treatment beyond the basic 'changing' and 'changed' events provided by the stock class? Since any change to the Settings Designer rewrites the whole code-behind property declarations, I can't do it in that code file; I either have to extend the Settings class or get back on the short-short-short bus and write that special 'mirror-class' again.
I'm not much for just general whining though, so some time back I wrote my own serializable classes (designed for specific data persistence, like generic/universal application settings and then also MySQL server connections/credentials and then also form properties and then also application-specific settings) along with shared save and load methods which give me more control over where settings get saved. These classes have evolved over the last year or so until they're actually pretty awesome (even if that's
just my opinion)... I've even implemented full on-disk and in-memory encryption functions for applications that need different privilege levels, to prevent any tampering at any time.
And then a multi-user application project comes along and suddenly each individual settings class needs multi-user support based on the Windows user logged in, and suddenly the stock Settings class is the best option again even though it's still the worst possible option in settings persistence.
So what I want to know from this discussion is this:
How do YOU handle application and user-settings persistence? Is there something really key that I've been missing all this time that makes the stock Settings class more than absolutely worthless (which has been my opinion since about the first time I ever had to work with it)?It never hurts to try. In a worst case scenario, you'll learn from it.