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How can I save a "setting" in a C# application?

A user wants me to create an app that does something everything he presses the X key.

Now he asked me to make it so he can change what key he has to press. Maybe he wants X key today, maybe C key tomorrow.

How can I easily do this in C#? What is the best way?

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You can use .Net's Application Settings feature.

Go to the Settings tab in Project Properties and add a setting.
You can then access it in code by writing Properties.Settings.Default.MySettingName.

SLaks  2010-02-01 01:28:17
sounds cool, where does it save the setting? in the .exe? or registry?
matt  2010-02-01 01:32:29
I'm trying to access my propety but all I see in the intellisense is: Default, Equals, Reference Equals. What am I doing wrong?
Serg  2010-02-01 01:32:54
@Sergio: I forgot to mention that you need to add `.Default.`; I fixed the answer.
SLaks  2010-02-01 01:34:13
It saves it to an XML file, usually the name of your app.exe.config. You reference it using Settings.Default.MySettingName. The problem is, I don't think you can write to it using the Settings class. I don't think it preserves the changes you make to it in code....
BFree  2010-02-01 01:34:30
OK, I just double checked. After you make a change, be sure to call Settings.Default.Save();
BFree  2010-02-01 01:35:24

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