Create a Custom Settings Provider to Share Settings Between Applications

Antony Highsky

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13 Dec 2010CPOL9 min read

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This article describes how to leverage .NET Application Settings architecture to give distributed applications access to shared settings.

settingsdemo.zip
- MySandbox
  - MySandbox.sln
  - Netrudder
    - app.config
    - bin
      - Debug
        
        Netrudder.dll
        
        Netrudder.dll.config
        
        Netrudder.xml
    - LinqSettingsProvider.vb
    - My Project
      - Application.Designer.vb
      - Application.myapp
      - AssemblyInfo.vb
      - Resources.Designer.vb
      - Resources.resx
      - Settings.Designer.vb
      - Settings.settings
    - Netrudder.dbml
    - Netrudder.dbml.layout
    - Netrudder.designer.vb
    - Netrudder.vbproj
    - Netrudder.vbproj.user
    - NetrudderSettings.Designer.vb
    - NetrudderSettings.settings
    - NetrudderSettings.vb
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        TempPE
    - SettingsShortcut.vb
  - TestConsole
    - bin
      - Debug
        
        Netrudder.dll
        
        Netrudder.mdf
        
        Netrudder.xml
        
        Netrudder_log.LDF
        
        TestConsole.application
        
        TestConsole.exe
        
        TestConsole.exe.manifest
        
        TestConsole.vshost.application
        
        TestConsole.vshost.exe
        
        TestConsole.xml
    - Module1.vb
    - My Project
      - Application.Designer.vb
      - Application.myapp
      - AssemblyInfo.vb
      - Resources.Designer.vb
      - Resources.resx
      - Settings.Designer.vb
      - Settings.settings
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        TempPE
    - TestConsole.vbproj
    - TestConsole.vbproj.user

'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' <auto-generated>
'     This code was generated by a tool.
'     Runtime Version:2.0.50727.3603
'
'     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
'     the code is regenerated.
' </auto-generated>
'------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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