Hello Erin,
I think you could refer to a new method named Dyanmic properties in .NET programming.
Dynamic properties in .NET provide an easy way to preserve property settings between instances of an application, without
having to resort to registry settings or .ini files. Visual Basic .NET provides a number of dynamic properties by default, and
you can easily make other properties dynamic by adding code.
For example, by default Windows Forms expose a number of dynamic properties such as MaximizeBox, MinimizeBox, and
ShowInTaskbar, but do not expose other useful properties such as Size or Location.
Dynamic properties work by storing property values in the application's configuration file's app.config for Windows
applications, web.config for Web applications. When a dynamic property is added in the Properties window, a key/value
pair is added to the appSettings section of the configuration file. In addition, a call to configurationAppSettings.GetValue is
added to the InitializeComponent procedure; the return value is used to set the initial value of the property. When you edit the
value in the configuration file, you alter the initial value of the property without having to modify the code in the
InitializeComponent procedure.
For details, please refer to one MSDN article named
"Creating Your Own Dynamic Properties and Preserve Property Settings in Visual Basic .NET"
at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-
us/dv_vstechart/html/vbtchCreateYourOwnDynamicPropertiesPreservePropertySettingsInVisualBasicNET.asp?frame=true.
In this article, you will learn how to set dynamic properties, how to make dynamic properties user-configurable, and how to
create new dynamic properties.
Hope that helps.
Best regards,
Yanhong Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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!All,
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! I'd like to store application data, such as start up position, size, last
!files used, user name and license key. Obviously there are a lot of choices,
!such as registry, XML file, Isolate Storage, .INI files, etc. But what I
!would really like is to store this data as part of the application assembly
!itself. Especially for the username/license key- thus the actually
!executable could be copied and run anywhere. Is this possible. Can you give
!me an idea where to start? If not- what is the next best solution?
!
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!Regards,
!Erin.
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