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c#vb.netwinformsapplication-settings

Commit Application Settings Changes

I'm binding user settings to a bunch of controls on a WinForm dialog that has OK/Cancel buttons. While this works great to read in the bindings in, I would only like to commit binding changes if a user clicks OK, and not if they click cancel. Is there a simplistic setting to achieve this rather than managing all reading and committing myself?

Right now, let's say I have a textbox that binds to a user setting called "country". It has "United States" in it and if a user changes it to "Bolivia", that will get committed as soon as it is typed instead of when the OK button is pressed.

Solution

  • To save settings, add in the ok button event handler:

    Properties.Settings.Default.Save();

    To reload the settings:

    Properties.Settings.Default.Reload();

    Good luck!