Storing user settings file

31 May 2005 5:38 PM

Ron L

I have an application we are building that will be used by a number of
different users on shared PCs. I want to be able to store a number of user
settings in a location that is unique for each user, so that one user's
settings do not affect another. Is there a "standard" location to store
these files? How about a "standard" location to store a file of default
settings if the user hasn't run the application yet?

TIA
Ron L

31 May 2005 5:48 PM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Ron L" <r***@bogus.Address.com> schrieb:
>I have an application we are building that will be used by a number of
>different users on shared PCs. I want to be able to store a number of user
>settings in a location that is unique for each user, so that one user's
>settings do not affect another. Is there a "standard" location to store
>these files? How about a "standard" location to store a file of default
>settings if the user hasn't run the application yet?

\\\
Dim Path As String = _
    Environment.GetFolderPath( _
        Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData _
    )
///

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31 May 2005 5:59 PM

Ron L

Herfried
Thank you for the response. I assume that this will get the location
for an individual user, do you know how to get one for a set of defaults, or
should those simply be stored in the same directory as the application?

TIA
Ron L

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"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> "Ron L" <r***@bogus.Address.com> schrieb:
>>I have an application we are building that will be used by a number of
>>different users on shared PCs. I want to be able to store a number of
>>user settings in a location that is unique for each user, so that one
>>user's settings do not affect another. Is there a "standard" location to
>>store these files? How about a "standard" location to store a file of
>>default settings if the user hasn't run the application yet?
>
> \\\
> Dim Path As String = _
>    Environment.GetFolderPath( _
>        Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData _
>    )
> ///
>
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31 May 2005 6:24 PM

Lebesgue

You may want to store the settings in registry, use

System.Windows.Forms.Application.CommonAppDataRegistry to store application
specific settings (shared among all users)
and System.Windows.Forms.Application.UserAppDataRegistry for user-specific
settings

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"Ron L" <r***@bogus.Address.com> wrote in message
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> I have an application we are building that will be used by a number of
> different users on shared PCs. I want to be able to store a number of
user
> settings in a location that is unique for each user, so that one user's
> settings do not affect another. Is there a "standard" location to store
> these files? How about a "standard" location to store a file of default
> settings if the user hasn't run the application yet?
>
> TIA
> Ron L
>
>
>

1 Jun 2005 9:55 AM

Pankaj Aggarwal

Hi
try to use isolated storage available in .net that is unique for every user.
other good thing is that it acts like a harddisk space and you can even store
files in that.

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"Ron L" wrote:

> I have an application we are building that will be used by a number of
> different users on shared PCs. I want to be able to store a number of user
> settings in a location that is unique for each user, so that one user's
> settings do not affect another. Is there a "standard" location to store
> these files? How about a "standard" location to store a file of default
> settings if the user hasn't run the application yet?
>
> TIA
> Ron L
>
>
>
>

1 Jun 2005 5:34 PM

Ron L

Pankaj

Thank you for the response. I am not sure what you mean by "isolated
storage", can you elaborate on this, please?

Ron L

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> Hi
> try to use isolated storage available in .net that is unique for every
> user.
> other good thing is that it acts like a harddisk space and you can even
> store
> files in that.
>
> "Ron L" wrote:
>
>> I have an application we are building that will be used by a number of
>> different users on shared PCs. I want to be able to store a number of
>> user
>> settings in a location that is unique for each user, so that one user's
>> settings do not affect another. Is there a "standard" location to store
>> these files? How about a "standard" location to store a file of default
>> settings if the user hasn't run the application yet?
>>
>> TIA
>> Ron L
>>
>>
>>
>>

1 Jun 2005 5:40 PM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Ron L" <r***@bogus.Address.com> schrieb:
> I am not sure what you mean by "isolated storage", can you elaborate on
> this, please?

..NET Framework Class Library -- 'System.IO.IsolatedStorage' Namespace
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemioisolatedstorage.asp>

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1 Jun 2005 5:41 PM

Ron L

Herfried

Thank you, I will take a look at that link.

Ron L

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> "Ron L" <r***@bogus.Address.com> schrieb:
>> I am not sure what you mean by "isolated storage", can you elaborate on
>> this, please?
>
> .NET Framework Class Library -- 'System.IO.IsolatedStorage' Namespace
> <URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemioisolatedstorage.asp>
>
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> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>