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I am creating an app that reads some info from a scale via RS232 serial port connection. There are a couple of types of scales that are in use, so I would like to store specific settings for the scale in my program. What is the best way to do this? Via app.config? Or should I put the values in a database?
app.config would be the easiest option for you. I think a database might be a bit overdoing it for just some settings, but if you wish to use something outside of what is offered by VS (namely app.config) then you could always whip up a quick custom XML settings file. All depends on what you wanna do with it and how comfortable you are with the other technology.