Storing user settings file

[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

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Storing user settings file

"Ron L" <ronl@bogus.Add ress.com> schrieb:[color=blue]
>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?[/color]

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Dim Path As String = _
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[Ron L]

Re: Storing user settings file

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


"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> "Ron L" <ronl@bogus.Add ress.com> schrieb:[color=green]
>>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?[/color]
>
> \\\
> Dim Path As String = _
> Environment.Get FolderPath( _
> Environment.Spe cialFolder.Loca lApplicationDat a _
> )
> ///
>
> --
> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>[/color]

[Lebesgue]

Re: Storing user settings file

You may want to store the settings in registry, use

System.Windows. Forms.Applicati on.CommonAppDat aRegistry to store application
specific settings (shared among all users)
and System.Windows. Forms.Applicati on.UserAppDataR egistry for user-specific
settings

"Ron L" <ronl@bogus.Add ress.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[/color]
user[color=blue]
> 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
>
>
>[/color]

[Pankaj Aggarwal]

RE: Storing user settings file

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:
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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
>
>
>
>[/color]

[Ron L]

Re: Storing user settings file

Pankaj

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

Ron L


"Pankaj Aggarwal" <Pankaj Aggarwal@discus sions.microsoft .com> wrote in
message news:7E865F05-CAE0-451C-A79C-F9CCDABE4127@mi crosoft.com...[color=blue]
> 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:
>[color=green]
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>[/color][/color]

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Storing user settings file

"Ron L" <ronl@bogus.Add ress.com> schrieb:[color=blue]
> I am not sure what you mean by "isolated storage", can you elaborate on
> this, please?[/color]

..NET Framework Class Library -- 'System.IO.Isol atedStorage' Namespace
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemiois olatedstorage.a sp>

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[Ron L]

Re: Storing user settings file

Herfried

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

Ron L

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> "Ron L" <ronl@bogus.Add ress.com> schrieb:[color=green]
>> I am not sure what you mean by "isolated storage", can you elaborate on
>> this, please?[/color]
>
> .NET Framework Class Library -- 'System.IO.Isol atedStorage' Namespace
> <URL:http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemiois olatedstorage.a sp>
>
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> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>[/color]