In a contact manager program I’ve been storing data in CSV files for each contact and would like a way to compress this data into a single file.
I have attempted using data entry tools in the visual studio toolbox and template class, though I have never quite figured out how to use them. What would be especially convenient is if I could somehow store a generic class instance as opposed to having to come up with a string representation of it, and then parse it.
I’d also need to figure out how to tell the program what to do when a file is opened (I’ve noticed in the properties how to associate a file type with the program though am not sure how to tell it what to do when it’s opened).
IMHO, switch to sqlite. You’ll be able to query faster, compress it, and much more then working with a csv file.