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Application Settings for Windows Forms

The Applications Settings feature of Windows Forms makes it easy to create, store, and maintain custom application and user preferences on the client. With Application Settings, you can store not only application data such as database connection strings, but also user-specific data, such as toolbar positions and most-recently used lists.

In This Section

  • Application Settings Architecture
    Describes how the Application Settings feature works, and explores advanced features of the architecture such as grouped settings and settings keys.
  • Application Settings Attributes
    Lists and describes the attributes that can be applied to an application settings wrapper class or its settings properties.
Topic Location
Windows Forms Applications in the .NET Framework .NET Framework SDK Managed Client
Windows Forms Applications in the .NET Framework .NET Framework SDK Managed Client
How to: Bind a Property to an Existing Application Setting Using the Designer Windows Forms Programming
How to: Modify a Property Binding for Application Settings Using the Designer Windows Forms Programming
How to: Create Application Settings Using the Designer Windows Forms Programming
Debugging Windows Forms Applications that Use Application Settings with Visual Studio Windows Forms Programming
Windows Forms Windows Forms Programming
How to: Bind a Property to an Existing Application Setting Using the Designer Windows Forms Programming
How to: Modify a Property Binding for Application Settings Using the Designer Windows Forms Programming
How to: Create Application Settings Using the Designer Windows Forms Programming
Debugging Windows Forms Applications that Use Application Settings with Visual Studio Windows Forms Programming
Windows Forms Windows Forms Programming
Windows Forms Applications in the .NET Framework .NET Framework SDK Managed Client
How to: Bind a Property to an Existing Application Setting Using the Designer Windows Forms Programming
How to: Modify a Property Binding for Application Settings Using the Designer Windows Forms Programming
How to: Create Application Settings Using the Designer Windows Forms Programming
Debugging Windows Forms Applications that Use Application Settings with Visual Studio Windows Forms Programming
Windows Forms Windows Forms Programming
Windows Forms Applications in the .NET Framework .NET Framework SDK Managed Client
How to: Bind a Property to an Existing Application Setting Using the Designer Windows Forms Programming
How to: Modify a Property Binding for Application Settings Using the Designer Windows Forms Programming
How to: Create Application Settings Using the Designer Windows Forms Programming
Debugging Windows Forms Applications that Use Application Settings with Visual Studio Windows Forms Programming
Windows Forms Windows Forms Programming