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Summary: Read / write settings to config (xml) file.
Language: C#
Author: Robert Wagner
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Culture: en-US
Bytes: 5529
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/*
    Does not use ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings since it's not supported on 
   .NET Compact Framework and does not support writing settings. 
   
   Uses same schema as app.config file. Example:

      
         
            
            
         
        
   
   Default settings file name is the same as app.config, 
   appends .config to the end of the assembly name. Example:
   
      .config.
*/

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Xml;
using System.IO;

namespace SmartClient
{
   /// 
   /// Read / write app.config settings file.
   /// 
   public class Settings
   {
      // internal fields
      Hashtable m_list = new Hashtable();
      string m_filePath = string.Empty;
      bool m_autoWrite = true;
      string[,] m_defaultValues;

      // properties
      
      /// 
      /// Specifies if the settings file is updated whenever a value 
      /// is set. If false, you need to call Write to update the 
      /// underlying settings file.
      /// 
      public bool AutoWrite
      {
         get { return m_autoWrite; }
         set { m_autoWrite = value; }
      }
      
      /// 
      /// Full path to settings file.
      /// 
      public string FilePath
      {
         get { return m_filePath; }
         set { m_filePath = value; }
      }

      /// 
      /// Default constructor. 
      /// 
      public Settings()
      {
         // get full path to file
         m_filePath = GetFilePath();
         
         // populate list with settings from file
         Read();
      }

      /// 
      /// Constructor. Pass in an array of default values.
      /// Sample usage that passes in default values:
      ///
      ///      string[,] values = 
      ///      {
      ///         {"Name", "Live Oak"},
      ///         {"LogEvents", "True"}
      ///      }
      ///
      ///      Settings settings = new Settings(values);
      ///
      /// 
      public Settings(string[,] defaultValues)
      {
         // store default values, use later when populate list
         m_defaultValues = defaultValues;

         // get full path to file
         m_filePath = GetFilePath();

         // populate list with settings from file
         Read();
      }
      

      // public methods
      
      /// 
      /// Set setting value. Update underlying file if AutoUpdate is true.
      /// 
      public void SetValue(string key, object value)
      {
         // update internal list
         m_list[key] = value;
         
         // update settings file
         if (m_autoWrite)
            Write();
      }

      /// 
      /// Return specified settings as string.
      /// 
      public string GetString(string key)
      {
         object result = m_list[key];
         return (result == null) ? String.Empty : result.ToString();
      }
      
      /// 
      /// Return specified settings as integer.
      /// 
      public int GetInt(string key)
      {
         string result = GetString(key);
         return (result == String.Empty) ? 0 : Convert.ToInt32(result);
      }

      /// 
      /// Return specified settings as boolean.
      /// 
      public bool GetBool(string key)
      {
         string result = GetString(key);
         return (result == String.Empty) ? false : Convert.ToBoolean(result);
      }
      
      /// 
      /// Read settings file.
      /// 
      public void Read()
      {
         try
         {
            // first remove all items from list
            m_list.Clear();
            
            // next, populate list with default values
            for (int i=0; i < m_defaultValues.GetLength(0); i++)
               m_list[m_defaultValues[i,0]] = m_defaultValues[i,1];
         
            // last, populate list with items from file
         
            // open settings file
            XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(m_filePath);

            // go through file and read the xml file and 
            // populate internal list with 'add' elements
            while (reader.Read())
            {
               if ((reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element) && (reader.Name == "add"))
                  m_list[reader.GetAttribute("key")] = reader.GetAttribute("value");
            }
            reader.Close();
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message);
         }
      }
      
      /// 
      /// Write settings to file.
      /// 
      public void Write()
      {
         try
         {
            // header elements
            StreamWriter writer = File.CreateText(m_filePath);
            writer.WriteLine("");
            writer.WriteLine("\t");

            // go through internal list and create 'add' element for each item
            IDictionaryEnumerator enumerator = m_list.GetEnumerator();
            while (enumerator.MoveNext())
            {
               writer.WriteLine("\t\t",
                  enumerator.Key.ToString(),
                  enumerator.Value);
            }

            // footer elements
            writer.WriteLine("\t");
            writer.WriteLine("");

            writer.Close();
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message);
         }
      }

      public void RestoreDefaults()
      {
         try
         {
            // easiest way is to delete the file and
            // repopulate internal list with defaults
            File.Delete(FilePath);
            Read();
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message);
         }
      }


      //
      // private methods
      //
      
      /// 
      /// Return full path to settings file. Appends .config to the assembly name.
      /// 
      private string GetFilePath()
      {
         return Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase + ".config";
      }
   }
}

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