Saving Settings

Question

I'm working on my first project. I have many options such as form sizes image attributes and colors that are stored in hashtables. What would be the best way to save these settings so I don't have to create them at runtime and the default settings could be changed and saved? Also it takes alot of code to get the attributes out of a hashtable nested in three more hashtables. What method do you use when having many variables that need to be moved around classes such as form options? Thanks in advance.

kovan · Answer

there is 4 ways to do this. 1. registry 2. ini 3. xml (that mimics ini) - see my other postings for this code 4. using Configuration class in .NET (recommended way) see MSDN for help on configuration if this doesnt meet your requirements search for microsoft best pattern and practices on configuration for a enhanced version of this

bilnaad · Answer

When I need settings to be at some static place in my program I always use a class whit static members and methods. You could set or get those values from anywhere in the program without doing complex stuff. The only drawback is that it could be one huge class. But offcource it could be seperated into some more smaller classes. example; class Settings { public static Font font; public static Color color; etc... } Could be used from anywhere like: Color col = Settings.color;