Remember what i last did when i start my program?

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Hey! I have a little problem. I want my program to remember what i last did when i start it again. Let's say i added some things to my listbox. This program is made for a game called runescape and i want to log some things i get from monsters so for example if i add this things:

1. coins
2. steel bar
3. Coal

If i now exit my program and start it again everything is empty. I want the program to remember what i last did so next time i start it, it will look exactly the same. Any tip?

[EDIT - moved from solution]
I've tried to save it and then open it again into the listbox. But the problem is that i have a "Drop rate" so when i add items it says like this: drop rate: 50% and when i open the text file into the listbox again it start with 100% again even if it's 25% on another exactly same item. I also have "charm" drop as it's called so if i get charms in drop it says like this:

Gold charm 40
Green charm 20
Crimson charms 50
Blue charms 10

they also disappear when i restart the program and i don't know how to load them into the labels again. And if i load them it probably would start over again from 0.
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Posted 17-Mar-13 9:48am

Gramas19

Updated 17-Mar-13 22:13pm

Maciej Los

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Maciej Los 18-Mar-13 4:16am

Gramas19,
Please, use "Improve question" widget to update your question, rather than "Add a Solution".

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2013-03-17T10:28:00

Solution 1

You need to bind data to your listbox.
Data Binding a Windows Forms Combobox or ListBox[^]
Data Binding Overview[^]

You can use My.Settings object to.
My.Settings Object[^]
Managing Application Settings[^]

Posted 17-Mar-13 10:28am

Maciej Los

mohsenadc · Answer 2 · 2013-03-17T10:43:00

Solution 2

You can save your data(like listbox rows)in a txt file.
Remember that you should save data in close event of windows form and recall txt file and use that in form load event.
For each row in list box you can go to next line txt file or use a character like '$'.

Posted 17-Mar-13 10:43am

mohsenadc