Configuring a Windows-Based Application

Configure a Windows-based application.

There are times when you want to leave some options in a program open until runtime. This might be something as central as the name of a database server or something as frivolous as the background color for a form. The .NET Framework lets you manage these options by using dynamic properties. Dynamic properties let you store some of an application's property values to an external file, from which they are retrieved at runtime. The .NET Framework provides all the infrastructure that you need to accomplish this, and Visual Studio .NET offers built-in support for dynamic properties.

With dynamic properties, you can make changes to an application's configuration without ...

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