my.settings

Adding Editor / EditorAttribute at Run-time (Dynamically) to an Object's Property

How to add the EditorAttribute (Editor) to an object's property at run-time? I have My.Settings.ExcludeFiles, which is created by the settings designer as Public Property ExcludedFiles() As Global.System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection. When editing ExcludedFiles via a property grid, the "String Collection Editor" generates a "...

ConfigurationErrorsException when running multiple instances due to file locking

I'm using My.Settings in my VB.NET application and when we run multiple instances rarely it's giving a ConfigurationErrorsException because the settings file locked by another instance. Is there anyway to fix this? This is happening during the OnShutdown process, also I'm not quite sure how can I catch that exception and handle it. O...

How to access MyProject.MySettings.Default.SomeSetting from xaml?

I have defined a StringCollection in the Project Settings. I want to use the values in a ComboBox. Is there a way to access it xamly? I tried: <CollectionViewSource Source="{x:Static src:MySettings.Default.MyCollection}" /> <CollectionViewSource Source="{Binding Source={x:Static src:MySettings.Default.MyCollection}}" /> *src is...