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JasonD_S 20-Jan-11 3:35am View

I had almost forgotten about my asking this question. I have had a play around with this and although I haven't given it the time that proper experimentation requires. I think I've found a solution that works well for me. Which is basically leaving it how it is. The performance hasn't been an issue, although I thought it might and if it ain't broke don't fix it.

I guess my lesson learned here was; sometimes although pontificating and interest just aren't as important to the customer as a ticked requirement. Problem solved, next question. Although I might do some playing at home and write an article.

JasonD_S 26-Oct-10 8:43am View

I have found a solution to my problem which is much simpler than all the nonsense I thought I might want before. I have decided to go with a straight 'serialize' of the data I need into an XML format. Something I have used in the past, but it totally slipped my mind when I approached this problem (a bit rookie, but it's still early days for me). Will make it easier to handle my config/setup at runtime.

This was a really useful exercise and I have learned a lot about .Net and app.config which I am going to use, now and in the future. Many thanks to John for your answers!

JasonD_S 25-Oct-10 11:25am View

The ability to modify the output/input of the saved settings/config file outside of the app is quite important. Which is why I wanted to use XML.

Have done a bit of reading and it looks like I will have to have an XMLWriter/Reader class that does a direct copy of the data on my forms into raw XML. Looks a bit manual and fiddly... what I need are a couple of simple examples I can build from really.

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