Tolgahan's Form Property Saver

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Introduction

Sometimes we need to save some properties. This class makes that possible.

The screen shot above is just a simple example. You can easily use this class for more complex applications.

The logic is as follows:

Determines the given named property is correct
Determines if property return value type is enum

If it is an enum, combines it with an integer (so int value type is serializable)
If not, determines if it is a serializable, if false, stops executing for current property

When your host object (must be a form) is loaded, it checks the registry stream, then sets the properties
When the host is closed, it saves the properties to registry

Using the Code

//Using the class        
public Form1()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    //Create new instance of TolgahanPropertySaver onto form1
    //And add some properties to be controlled
    TolgahanFormPropertySaver svr = new TolgahanFormPropertySaver
	(this,"WindowState","Size","Location");
    //Add child controls and properties as string
    svr.AddChild(radioButton1,"Checked");
    //You can use multiple properties at the same time
    svr.AddChild(radioButton2,"Checked","Enabled","Visible");
    svr.AddChild(radioButton3,"Checked");
    svr.AddChild(checkBox1,"Checked");
    svr.AddChild(textBox1,"Text");
}

TolgahanFormPropertySaver Class Diagram

Why I Wrote This?

When I was developing an app, it was so difficult to give names, convert types and save with different keys and read the same key with the same things... So I tried to manage all property values from one point. That is the reason I wrote this.

Which Property Types Could Be Used

This class allows only the properties which have ENUM TYPE return values (like FormWindowState, View, Dock, ... etc.), Serializable Struct return values (like Size, Point, .. etc.), Serializable types (like int16, int32, int64, float, bool, string... double, decimal.. etc), Serializable classes (like TreeNode, ListViewItem... etc) and Serializable custom classes (which imported ISerializable interface).