CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user1714517
user1714517

Reputation: 3

What is the best way to store/read multiple user settings in a C# Windows Form Application?

The title pretty much says it all. I've been searching and I haven't really found a good way to deal with settings/configurations for multiple users.

The best I found was a loosely worded thing about using AppData, but I'm not sure if that's the best approach; I'd like my application to be used by many, and plenty of people don't use multiple profiles on a computer.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 948

Answers (2)

Cephlin
Cephlin

Reputation: 186

The best way would surely be with a new User Settings profile.

Click add new item then select Settings.

You can then call these with something like this:

string temp_setting = setting_name.Default.item_name;

Where setting_name is the name of the new settings file you've created and the item_name is the name of the property within the settings.

Upvotes: 0

Laziale
Laziale

Reputation: 8225

How about creating xml document for each user from where you'll read/write settings for each user? If you use database, create a new table called settings, and then name all the fields with the settings you have. Populate the table with true/false values and the user id. Maybe that can help.

Upvotes: 2

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