Config File with multiple profiles..

[programmervb netc]

I am trying to emulate the way that many sql front end tools save profiles of connection information. For instance the user sees my log on form and has a drop down to select "Testing", "Development", "Production" etc and when they select one of the profiles the rest of the information is populated. It would be easy to do this in a table but I am trying to do so using a configuration file so that the entire solution will be self contained without the need for tables. Any insight into how I might do this would be appreciated. Humble Programmer

[Lost User]

programmervb.netc++ wrote:

For instance the user sees my log on form and has a drop down to select "Testing", "Development", "Production" etc and when they select one of the profiles the rest of the information is populated. It would be easy to do this in a table but I am trying to do so using a configuration file so that the entire solution will be self contained without the need for tables.

I'd go for a business-class that contains said profile, and serialize that. Save the serialized string under it's profiles name in the configurationfile, and restore it when required. What type of configuration-file is it actually? Are you referring to the "Settings" tab on the project-page, or is this coming from an ini-file?

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[programmervb netc]

The "config" file I was going to use was under the settings tab. You are talking a little above my head I will research serialization and config files and try to get a better idea of what you mean. Thank you Humble Programmer

[realJSOP]

This might be of some help: Overriding App.Config Settings for Multiple Objects[^] No guarantees, but...

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[Lost User]

MSDN[^] has a nice example (bottom of the page) that shows how to "save" the contents of an object to a file and how to reload it. I wouldn't bother researching ini-files though, they're more a thing from the past.

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