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User Settings vs Application Settings vs Resources in Visual Studio 2008

I'm a little confused by the different ways Visual Studio allows dynamic values to be saved to a project, and how they are intended to be used.

I understand that if I need to include binary information like an image or a sound file with my application I need to add that to a resource file. But if I'm saving something like a file path as a string why should I use or not u开发者_C百科se a string in a resource file over a string in an application settings (app.config) file or a user settings (myapp.dll.config) file?


Sorry for the resurrection, but there's another factor to consider that I don't think has been mentioned:

Users can tamper with config to their hearts content - which means that you either have to validate the values in there, or ensure that whatever uses them doesn't care if they're nonsense. I doubt resources files are incorruptible either - I know it's possible to extract values from them, but whether or not it's possible to replace them without recompiling, I don't know. In any case, if you don't want the user changing those values without a concerted effort, go for resources. If you want to enable or even encourage after-market tweaking of settings, go for app settings.


Typically it is better to use a config file for things that are likely to change with every deployment. That way if you ever need to change that file path, you won't need to recompile.

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