Best way to save data in C# and restore data when program starts

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What's the best way to store data in a C# application?

I plan to have the user to set the database connection and output folder. But I need my application to remember those settings the next time the user starts the application.

I was thinking saving the data to an XML file then just extract the data from the XML file each time the application starts. Is there a better way to do this? Perhaps Visual Studios' application settings?

Visual Studio -> Project -> (project name) Properties -> Settings tab

If it's the latter, how would I go about this?

query database and put into a datatable. The use datatable method WriteXml(). — jdweng, Oct 22 '15 at 22:04

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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From your description, it sounds like you definitely want to use the Properties.Settings. This will let you have user-specific connections easily.

You can read this answer for a good breakdown of each option.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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answered Oct 22 '15 at 22:23

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