Saving User and Application Settings in WinForms

Sokka93

I want to save changes in my C# form. So I tried this. There are 3 buttons on my form but the code saves only button3's location. What should I do? Please help me!

foreach (Button a in Form1.ActiveForm.Controls)
 {
 Properties.Settings.Default.SavedSetting3 = a.Location;
 }
Properties.Settings.Default.Save();

Thanks in advance

ABitSmart

You can save in one setting entry only one value. From what you are doing, you are trying to save 3 different locations to one setting entry(SavedSetting3) which is wrong. In each loop execution you are overwriting the last set value and hence, the value which is last written (button3 I guess) is the one which is saved. You will need to create 3 different setting's entry to save each of the buttons location.

Sokka93

Thank you. What if I don't know how many buttons or controls exist? How can I create a setting for each control? I'm working on a programme that users can add controls at run time.

Henry Minute

You can have these settings saved for you automatically. Just have a google for 'App.Config' or 'Saving Form Location' and read up about it.

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