Settings File - Multiple Values

Question

Hi all Wondering if someone can help with a best practises can of help that I need. Basically I've got a settings file that contains two email addresses. I current retrieve this out of the settings file as a string and then split the string by a '' character thus getting a string array containing the appropriate data. Is it possible (and how would I!?) have these as two seperate entries? I did do a couple of Googles but to no avail. Cheers Greg

Ryan Alford · Answer

just do this... What I would really like in the XML is: MyString1 a MyString2 b

Greg · Answer

Thanks for the reply but its not quite what I'm asking - I'll try explaining a bit better this time! :o) I currently have a setting lets say MyString which has two values for example 'A' and 'B'. So in my settings view I currently have MyString AB. Pretend in my application I have a string entered by the user which could be A B or C. I want to compare to see if its one of the values in my settings file. I'm currently having to read the setting value: string settingStrings = Workspace.Properties.Default.MyString; string[] settings = settingStrings.Split(); foreach (string setting in settings) { if (userstring == setting) { // do something } } In the XML file for the app.config though there is a single entry something like: MyString ab What I would really like in the XML is: MyString a b Is this possible? Or would I need to write my own XML reader for this instance? Thanks for reading! Cheers Greg

Scott Lysle · Answer

If you double click on Properties in the solution explorer and then click on the 'Settings' tab. You will see a grid that will allow you to setup application wide and user controlled settings. You can get or set the values of a user setting at run time. To access one this will work (as an example for a setting called email). MessageBox .Show(Properties. Settings .Default.email); To set one this will work: Properties. Settings .Default.email = textBox1.Text; Properties. Settings .Default.Save();