If I want to add a string as a setting or an image as a resource – I do it through Visual Studio.
But how do I add something complicated such as a large array or a Form which has to first be computed at runtime (or in case of the Form – populated with controls)?
I thought I could run it and persist it in settings (Properties.Settings.Default.Setting1 =…), and then publish. But that doesn’t work (See: How to persist from build programmatically? ).
So how is it done?
Have you read up on serialization? I know that’s kind of a generic answer, but I hope it helps.