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Best practices for storing UI settings?

Asked 2008-10-29T13:49:27.327
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we're currently planning a larger WPF LoB application and i wonder what others think being the best practice for storing lots of UI settings e.g.

  • Expander States
  • Menu orders
  • Sizing Properties
  • etc...

i don't like the idea of having dozens of stored values using the delivered SettingsProvider (i.e. App.config file) although it can be used to store it in an embedded database using a custom SettingsProvider. being able to use some kind of databinding is also a concern. Has anyone had the same problems?

What did you do to store lots of ui user settings?

c# wpf settings appsettings
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In the Programming WPF by Chris Sells & Ian Griffiths it says

The preferred setting mechanism for WPF application is the one provided by .NET and VS: the ApplicationSettingBase class from the System.Configuration namespace with the built-in designer.

answered 2008-10-29T17:26:07.123

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