Question

I have a number of application settings (in user scope) for my custom grid control. Most of them are color settings. I have a form where the user can customize these colors and I want to add a button for reverting to default color settings. How can I read the default settings?

For example:

1. I have a user setting named CellBackgroundColor in Properties.Settings.
2. At design time I set the value of CellBackgroundColor to Color.White using the IDE.
3. User sets CellBackgroundColor to Color.Black in my program.
4. I save the settings with Properties.Settings.Default.Save().
5. User clicks on the Restore Default Colors button.

Now, Properties.Settings.Default.CellBackgroundColor returns Color.Black. How do I go back to Color.White?

Answer 1

@ozgur,

Settings.Default.Properties['property'].DefaultValue // initial value from config file 

Example:

string foo = Settings.Default.Foo; // Foo = 'Foo' by default Settings.Default.Foo = 'Boo'; Settings.Default.Save(); string modifiedValue = Settings.Default.Foo; // modifiedValue = 'Boo' string originalValue = Settings.Default.Properties['Foo'].DefaultValue as string; // originalValue = 'Foo'