Question

I am attempting to use a new settings file in my Windows Forms Application with C#.

After I deleted the old Settings File (Settings1.settings) and created the new one(Settings.settings).

As I began editing the code that uses the settings file I realized that the new settings file is not being recognized. Example:

There is a custom Settings Class being used from a namespace created by our company that is causing some of the conflict. How do I point the code at the right settings file?

Answer 1

In trying to duplicate what you have done I noticed the Namespace of the Settings.Designer.cs file went from this( I am using a console app to test).

namespace ConsoleApplication1.Properties {


    [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.SettingsDesigner.SettingsSingleFileGenerator", "10.0.0.0")]
    internal sealed partial class Settings : global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase {

        private static Settings defaultInstance = ((Settings)(global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.Synchronized(new Settings())));

        public static Settings Default {
            get {
                return defaultInstance;
            }
        }

        [global::System.Configuration.UserScopedSettingAttribute()]
        [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("False")]
        public bool Test {
            get {
                return ((bool)(this["Test"]));
            }
            set {
                this["Test"] = value;
            }
        }
    }
}

to

namespace ConsoleApplication1 {


    [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.SettingsDesigner.SettingsSingleFileGenerator", "10.0.0.0")]
    internal sealed partial class Settings : global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase {

        private static Settings defaultInstance = ((Settings)(global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.Synchronized(new Settings())));

        public static Settings Default {
            get {
                return defaultInstance;
            }
        }

        [global::System.Configuration.UserScopedSettingAttribute()]
        [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("False")]
        public bool Temp {
            get {
                return ((bool)(this["Temp"]));
            }
            set {
                this["Temp"] = value;
            }
        }
    }
}

If you will notice the Namespace went from ConsoleApplication1.Properties to ConsoleApplication1 so if you add .Properties to the Namespace of the new Settings file it should take care of your problem.