Winforms text box saving and loading

[jeweladdict]

I have a form with 20+ text boxes and other controls that get configured by the user at startup. Is there anyway to save the state that every control is in, including the text in the text boxes so that the user can load them later? I was messing around with serialization of the form, but I can't seem to get that to work. Thanks!

[CWIZO]

Why don't you save your values to a xml file or a database and then retrive them from there? -------------------------------------------------------- My development blog Q:What does the derived class in C# tell to it's parent? A:All your base are belong to us!

[jeweladdict]

wouldnt that be the same as writing it to a text file? What benefits are there to the xml file, and is there an easy way of doing it? I know with datagrids you can do the writeXML command, is there soemthign similar?

[CWIZO]

Search this site for XML tutorials. It is quite simple once you get a hang of it... -------------------------------------------------------- My development blog Q:What does the derived class in C# tell to it's parent? A:All your base are belong to us!

[jeweladdict]

I guess what I'm looking for is a function that will let me do a foreach( control in form ) { save all properties of control to file } or a Save state of form function