"Jason Kendall" wrote:

> I've recently installed Beta 2 ov Visual Studio and an updating a few
> small applications as a way to get my feet wet with some of the new
> functionality.  There are many new features which are really going to
> make coding a lot simpler.
>
> One area I'm investigating is the new "My.Settings" object.  Managing
> these is so very easy now, except for one problem.  In nearly all of
> my applications, I use a class I wrote for reading/writing settings.
> This class will build the MyApp.exe.config file if it's missing and
> will add setting entries with default values if they're missing.  The
> 'system' settings and the 'user' settings are in one file (or two, if
> I choose).  This way it's very easy for someone to copy the config
> file(s) with the .exe and have the same user settings on multiple
> machines.
>
> Is there a way to specify where the user config settings are stored,
> assuming you have the right permissions to read/write the file
> location, of course?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> -Jason Kendall
> JasonKend***@hotmail.com
>
>

>Short of writing your own settings provider, no, you can't specify the path
>to the location of the user.config file.
>
>Raghavendra explains why in his blog in his Client Settings FAQ
>
>http://blogs.msdn.com/rprabhu/articles/433979.aspx
>
>Just out of curiosity, why do you want to change the path?
>
>Best regards,
>Johan Stenberg (MSFT Visual Basic)
>
>"Jason Kendall" wrote:
>
>> I've recently installed Beta 2 ov Visual Studio and an updating a few
>> small applications as a way to get my feet wet with some of the new
>> functionality.  There are many new features which are really going to
>> make coding a lot simpler.
>>
>> One area I'm investigating is the new "My.Settings" object.  Managing
>> these is so very easy now, except for one problem.  In nearly all of
>> my applications, I use a class I wrote for reading/writing settings.
>> This class will build the MyApp.exe.config file if it's missing and
>> will add setting entries with default values if they're missing.  The
>> 'system' settings and the 'user' settings are in one file (or two, if
>> I choose).  This way it's very easy for someone to copy the config
>> file(s) with the .exe and have the same user settings on multiple
>> machines.
>>
>> Is there a way to specify where the user config settings are stored,
>> assuming you have the right permissions to read/write the file
>> location, of course?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> -Jason Kendall
>> JasonKend***@hotmail.com
>>
>>

"Jason Kendall" wrote:

> Thanks for your reply!
>
> "Just out of curiosity, why do you want to change the path?"
> Really, the only reason is so that the user can copy all of their
> settings, along with the executable, to a removable storage device and
> put it on another machine.  The default location for user
> configuration settings is cryptic enough for some users that they'd
> never find it.  :-)
>
> I'll probably write my own settings provider and use it in these rare
> instances.
>
> Thanks so much!
>
>
> -Jason Kendall
> JasonKend***@hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 10:08:01 -0700, Stenis
> <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Short of writing your own settings provider, no, you can't specify the path
> >to the location of the user.config file.
> >
> >Raghavendra explains why in his blog in his Client Settings FAQ
> >
> >http://blogs.msdn.com/rprabhu/articles/433979.aspx
> >
> >Just out of curiosity, why do you want to change the path?
> >
> >Best regards,
> >Johan Stenberg (MSFT Visual Basic)
> >
> >"Jason Kendall" wrote:
> >
> >> I've recently installed Beta 2 ov Visual Studio and an updating a few
> >> small applications as a way to get my feet wet with some of the new
> >> functionality.  There are many new features which are really going to
> >> make coding a lot simpler.
> >>
> >> One area I'm investigating is the new "My.Settings" object.  Managing
> >> these is so very easy now, except for one problem.  In nearly all of
> >> my applications, I use a class I wrote for reading/writing settings.
> >> This class will build the MyApp.exe.config file if it's missing and
> >> will add setting entries with default values if they're missing.  The
> >> 'system' settings and the 'user' settings are in one file (or two, if
> >> I choose).  This way it's very easy for someone to copy the config
> >> file(s) with the .exe and have the same user settings on multiple
> >> machines.
> >>
> >> Is there a way to specify where the user config settings are stored,
> >> assuming you have the right permissions to read/write the file
> >> location, of course?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >>
> >> -Jason Kendall
> >> JasonKend***@hotmail.com
> >>
> >>
>
>