IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings Property

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Gets an instance of IsolatedStorageSettings that contains the contents of the application's IsolatedStorageFile, scoped at the application level, or creates a new instance of IsolatedStorageSettings if one does not exist.

Namespace: System.IO.IsolatedStorage
Assembly: System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared ReadOnly Property ApplicationSettings As IsolatedStorageSettings

public static IsolatedStorageSettings ApplicationSettings { get; }

Type: System.IO.IsolatedStorage.IsolatedStorageSettings
An IsolatedStorageSettings object that contains the contents of the application's IsolatedStorageFile, scoped at the application level. If an instance does not already exist, a new instance is created.

Use the ApplicationSettings property to create a new instance of the dictionary used to store key-value pairs in isolated storage.

ApplicationSettings are specific to a user and an application. The application scope is determined by the full path of the application.

The following example initializes an ApplicationSettings dictionary.

[Visual Basic]

Private userSettings As IsolatedStorageSettings = _
    IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings

[C#]

private IsolatedStorageSettings userSettings =
    IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings;

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.