A series of simple questions for WPF.

Question

Hello. I'm trying to build a simple WPF project, which is turning out to be not so simple. I've decided to start from scratch after building a demo AS3 system in Flash. Basically, I need to load in a series of thumbnails from a folder (not using XML as the contents will change regularly and I wont have access to change the XML file) and fill either a stackpanel or wrap panel with those thumbnails. I'd want a little space between each thumb, I'm not sure which panel would be best for this? Once that is done, the panel has to move left and right with the mouse as there will be hundreds of thumbs, the panel will be much wider than the screen. Then, if you click on a thumb it will load the high res image, or video. Once you tap the high res image/video, it will go back to the start. So, my question is for filling a panel up from a folder with images, which panel would you suggest? Thank you. :)

Answer 1

It all depends on your application, if these values are user specific and your application will be used by the same user from a different machine then storing in the DB would make sense as these information can be accessed by that user from any where. If these values should only be used from his machine then you might as well store it in the AppSettings of the application.

I am assuming that it is a winform application installed on users machine.

Answer 2

yes that would work only if you share the exe file, if for any reason if you need to change any other information in the config file that requires redeployment then you need to make sure that your code creates the same settings file for each user, or other options are user registry or a file in users folder.

Answer 3

Hi Javeed

Thanks for the help. I got the idea..

But, I have a question, If I want to send my exe file to another user so that he can work on it also, will this work on his computer as well? lets say if I create in my project/form 3buttons, one for the default settings, one for the store settings and one for resetting. Those buttons work fine with me, because I'm the one who developed this app, but what if I need to send it to some one else?

Answer 4

In your project's property pages, go to the Settings page, and define your settings. For example you created settings with the same Settings1, so this is how you use in your application:

// Read settings

textBox1.Text = Properties.Settings.Default.Settings1;

// Write settings

Properties.Settings.Default.Settings1 = TextBox2.Text;

// Save settings

Properties.Settings.Default.Save();

these will be saved in the application settings file present on the users machine for that user.

Answer 5

Hi Javeed


it is Windows form application and the values are user  specific. Lets assume that I need to save the setting in my machine, how to use the appSettings of the application to achieve this? I found some articles and answers when I googled it, but still couldn't get the idea. ...