Accessing Application Settings

This section contains topics describing the My.Settings object and the tasks it enables you to accomplish.

My.Settings

The properties of the My.Settings object provide access to your application's settings. To add or remove settings, use the Project Designer. For more information, see How to: Add or Remove Application Settings.

The methods of the My.Settings object allow you to save the current user settings or revert the user settings to the last saved values.

Tasks

The following table lists examples showing how to access an application's forms.

To	See
Update the value of a user setting	How to: Change User Settings in Visual Basic
Display application and user settings in a property grid	How to: Create Property Grids for User Settings in Visual Basic
Save updated user setting values	How to: Persist User Settings in Visual Basic
Determine the values of user settings	How to: Read Application Settings in Visual Basic

See Also

Reference

My.Settings Object

Other Resources

Managing Application Settings