Question

For testing and debugging purposes, I just hard-coded the file paths for the text files that would be used by my application, e.g.

const string CONFIG_FILE_PATH = @"C:\myconfigfile.txt";

But I don’t think it’s a good idea to leave it as it is in the Beta/Release version.

So I am wondering, what would be the best location for saving these configuration files that will be used / read by the application? Any suggestions?

Many Thanks.

Answer 1

Why not save the strings in the Settings section of your project? GRight click on your project in Solution Explorer, select Properties, go to the Settings section and add a new string with your file path. Then, in your code, you can access it like this:

using ProjectName.Properties;

var path = Settings.Default.MySetting;

To change the setting:

Settings.Default.MySetting = newPath;
Settings.Default.Save();