> Hey Nina,
> You might want to use windows registry to do this.
> Use SaveSetting() to store the setting into registry and GetSetting to
> retreive it back.
>
> Use SaveSetting("ApplicationName", "FolderName", "City", "Chicago") to
> store after user selects a different city.
>
> Use txtboxCityName.text = GetSetting("ApplicationName", "FolderName",
> "City", "DefaultValue") when you load the form to fill up the textbox
>
> Hope it helps.

> Another option is to use XML files. Check out  the XML document object
> model. Be warned that this approach is more difficult to set up and
> requires more code to use. Just throwing in my 2 cents :-)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Seth Rowe
>
> IdleBrain wrote:
> > Hey Nina,
> > You might want to use windows registry to do this.
> > Use SaveSetting() to store the setting into registry and GetSetting to
> > retreive it back.
> >
> > Use SaveSetting("ApplicationName", "FolderName", "City", "Chicago") to
> > store after user selects a different city.
> >
> > Use txtboxCityName.text = GetSetting("ApplicationName", "FolderName",
> > "City", "DefaultValue") when you load the form to fill up the textbox
> >
> > Hope it helps.

> Another option is to use XML files. Check out  the XML document object
> model. Be warned that this approach is more difficult to set up and
> requires more code to use. Just throwing in my 2 cents :-)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Seth Rowe
>
> IdleBrain wrote:
> > Hey Nina,
> > You might want to use windows registry to do this.
> > Use SaveSetting() to store the setting into registry and GetSetting to
> > retreive it back.
> >
> > Use SaveSetting("ApplicationName", "FolderName", "City", "Chicago") to
> > store after user selects a different city.
> >
> > Use txtboxCityName.text = GetSetting("ApplicationName", "FolderName",
> > "City", "DefaultValue") when you load the form to fill up the textbox
> >
> > Hope it helps.

"Izzy" wrote:

> I agree with rowe_newsgroups, XML is how I would do it.
>
> Using XML isn't hard either. I use the code below to do exactly this.
>
> Private Sub LoadSettings()
>
>         Dim dsSettings as new Dataset
>         Dim dtSettings as Datatable
>         Dim SettingsPath As String = Application.StartupPath & "\" &
> My.Settings.ServerSettingsFile
>
>         dsSettings.DataSetName = "ServerSettings"
>
>         If IO.File.Exists(SettingsPath) Then
>             dsSettings.ReadXml(SettingsPath)
>             dtSettings = dsSettings.Tables("HardDriveSettings")
>
>         Else
>
>             Dim dcSN As New DataColumn 'Server Name
>             Dim dcDTM As New DataColumn 'Drive to monitor.
>             Dim dcFSTH As New DataColumn 'Free Space Threshhold in GBs
>             Dim drSettings As DataRow
>
>             dcSN.ColumnName = "ServerName"
>             dcSN.DataType = GetType(System.String)
>             dcDTM.ColumnName = "DriveLeter"
>             dcDTM.DataType = GetType(System.String)
>             dcFSTH.ColumnName = "FreeSpaceThreshHold"
>             dcFSTH.DataType = GetType(System.Int32)
>
>             dtSettings = New DataTable
>             dtSettings.TableName = "HardDriveSettings"
>
>             dtSettings.Columns.Add(dcSN)
>             dtSettings.Columns.Add(dcDTM)
>             dtSettings.Columns.Add(dcFSTH)
>
>             drSettings = dtSettings.NewRow
>             drSettings(0) = "stc-dc"
>             drSettings(1) = "D:"
>             drSettings(2) = 15
>             dtSettings.Rows.Add(drSettings)
>
>         End If
>
>     End Sub
>
> In the above example I created a settings file for a program which
> monitors hard drive space on production servers. Using XML to store the
> list of servers to be monitored along with the dirve letter and free
> space setting.
>
> In your case after you load the settings using dsSettings.ReadXml(Path)
> and after your users make a change you would then call
> dsSettings.WriteXml(Path) to write the change to disk.
>
> Izzy
>
> rowe_newsgroups wrote:
> > Another option is to use XML files. Check out  the XML document object
> > model. Be warned that this approach is more difficult to set up and
> > requires more code to use. Just throwing in my 2 cents :-)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Seth Rowe
> >
> > IdleBrain wrote:
> > > Hey Nina,
> > > You might want to use windows registry to do this.
> > > Use SaveSetting() to store the setting into registry and GetSetting to
> > > retreive it back.
> > >
> > > Use SaveSetting("ApplicationName", "FolderName", "City", "Chicago") to
> > > store after user selects a different city.
> > >
> > > Use txtboxCityName.text = GetSetting("ApplicationName", "FolderName",
> > > "City", "DefaultValue") when you load the form to fill up the textbox
> > >
> > > Hope it helps.
>
>

> I agree with rowe_newsgroups, XML is how I would do it.
>
> Using XML isn't hard either. I use the code below to do exactly this.
>
> Private Sub LoadSettings()
>
> Dim dsSettings as new Dataset
> Dim dtSettings as Datatable
> Dim SettingsPath As String = Application.StartupPath & "\" &
> My.Settings.ServerSettingsFile
> dsSettings.DataSetName = "ServerSettings"
>
> If IO.File.Exists(SettingsPath) Then
> dsSettings.ReadXml(SettingsPath)
> dtSettings = dsSettings.Tables("HardDriveSettings")
> Else
>
> Dim dcSN As New DataColumn 'Server Name
> Dim dcDTM As New DataColumn 'Drive to monitor.
> Dim dcFSTH As New DataColumn 'Free Space Threshhold in GBs
> Dim drSettings As DataRow
> dcSN.ColumnName = "ServerName"
> dcSN.DataType = GetType(System.String)
> dcDTM.ColumnName = "DriveLeter"
> dcDTM.DataType = GetType(System.String)
> dcFSTH.ColumnName = "FreeSpaceThreshHold"
> dcFSTH.DataType = GetType(System.Int32)
> dtSettings = New DataTable
> dtSettings.TableName = "HardDriveSettings"
> dtSettings.Columns.Add(dcSN)
> dtSettings.Columns.Add(dcDTM)
> dtSettings.Columns.Add(dcFSTH)
> drSettings = dtSettings.NewRow
> drSettings(0) = "stc-dc"
> drSettings(1) = "D:"
> drSettings(2) = 15
> dtSettings.Rows.Add(drSettings)
> End If
>
> End Sub
>
> In the above example I created a settings file for a program which
> monitors hard drive space on production servers. Using XML to store
> the list of servers to be monitored along with the dirve letter and
> free space setting.
>
> In your case after you load the settings using
> dsSettings.ReadXml(Path) and after your users make a change you would
> then call dsSettings.WriteXml(Path) to write the change to disk.
>
> Izzy
>
> rowe_newsgroups wrote:
>
>> Another option is to use XML files. Check out  the XML document
>> object model. Be warned that this approach is more difficult to set
>> up and requires more code to use. Just throwing in my 2 cents :-)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Seth Rowe
>>
>> IdleBrain wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Nina,
>>> You might want to use windows registry to do this.
>>> Use SaveSetting() to store the setting into registry and GetSetting
>>> to
>>> retreive it back.
>>> Use SaveSetting("ApplicationName", "FolderName", "City", "Chicago")
>>> to store after user selects a different city.
>>>
>>> Use txtboxCityName.text = GetSetting("ApplicationName",
>>> "FolderName", "City", "DefaultValue") when you load the form to fill
>>> up the textbox
>>>
>>> Hope it helps.
>>>