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A generic wrapper for AppSettings values to allow them to be used in Windows Forms bindings
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using System; | |
using System.Collections.Generic; | |
using System.Linq; | |
using System.Text; | |
using System.Threading.Tasks; | |
using System.Configuration; | |
using System.Reflection; | |
using System.ComponentModel; | |
/// <summary> | |
/// Wraps a value in appSettings for use with bindings, | |
/// will read from and write to appSettings. | |
/// Example of use: | |
/// textBox.DataBindings.Add( | |
/// "Text", // Data member to bind to | |
/// new SettingsValueBindingWrapper<string>(settingName), // Type and name of setting in appConfig | |
/// "Value", | |
/// false, | |
/// DataSourceUpdateMode.OnPropertyChanged); | |
/// </summary> | |
class AppSettingsValueBindingWrapper<T> : INotifyPropertyChanged | |
{ | |
#region Private fields | |
private TypeConverter converter; | |
private Configuration config; | |
private string settingName; | |
#endregion | |
#region Lifecycle | |
public SettingsValueBindingWrapper(string settingName) | |
{ | |
converter = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof(T)); | |
config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(System.Windows.Forms.Application.ExecutablePath); | |
this.settingName = settingName; | |
} | |
#endregion | |
#region Properties | |
public T Value | |
{ | |
get | |
{ | |
return (T)converter.ConvertFromString(config.AppSettings.Settings[settingName].Value); | |
} | |
set | |
{ | |
ModifySettingValue(settingName, value); | |
} | |
} | |
#endregion | |
#region INotifyPropertyChanged implementation | |
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged; | |
#endregion | |
#region Private methods | |
private void ModifySettingValue(string settingName, T newValue) | |
{ | |
config.AppSettings.Settings[settingName].Value = converter.ConvertToString(newValue); | |
config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified); | |
ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection("appSettings"); | |
if (null != PropertyChanged) | |
{ | |
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(settingName)); | |
} | |
// Have to reopen the config after changing it | |
config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(System.Windows.Forms.Application.ExecutablePath); | |
} | |
#endregion | |
} |
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