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< section name="ProVB_VS2010.My.MySettings" type="System.
Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" allowExeDefinition="MachineToLocalUser"
requirePermission="false" / >
< /sectionGroup >
< sectionGroup name="applicationSettings" type="System.Configuration.
ApplicationSettingsGroup, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" >
< section name="ProVB_VS2010.My.MySettings" type="System.Configuration.
ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" / >
< /sectionGroup >
< /configSections >
< system.diagnostics >
< sources >
< !-- This section defines the logging configuration for My.Application.Log -- >
< source name="DefaultSource" switchName="DefaultSwitch" >
< listeners >
< add name="FileLog"/ >
< !-- Uncomment the below section to write to the Application Event Log -- >
< !-- < add name="EventLog"/ > -- >
< /listeners >
< /source >
< /sources >
< switches >
< add name="DefaultSwitch" value="Information" / >
< /switches >
< sharedListeners >
< add name="FileLog"
type="Microsoft.VisualBasic.Logging.FileLogTraceListener, Microsoft.
VisualBasic, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a,
processorArchitecture=MSIL"
initializeData="FileLogWriter"/ >
< !-- Uncomment the below section and replace APPLICATION_NAME with the
name of your application to write to the Application Event Log -- >
< !-- < add name="EventLog"
type="System.Diagnostics.EventLogTraceListener" initializeData="APPLICATION_NAME"/ > -- >
< /sharedListeners >
< /system.diagnostics >
< userSettings >
< ProVB_VS2010.My.MySettings >
< setting name="LastLocation" serializeAs="String" >
< value > 0, 0 < /value >
< /setting >
< /ProVB_VS2010.My.MySettings >
< /userSettings >
< applicationSettings >
< ProVB_VS2010.My.MySettings >
< setting name="ConnectionString" serializeAs="String" >
< value > server=(local);Database=adventureworks < /value >
< /setting >
< /ProVB_VS2010.My.MySettings >
< /applicationSettings >
< /configuration >
Code snippet from app.confi g
As shown here, Visual Studio automatically generated all the XML needed to defi ne these settings and save
the default values. Note that individual user settings are not saved back into the confi g fi le, but rather to a
user - specifi c working directory. In fact, it is possible not only to update application settings with Visual Basic,
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