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Is their any way to read & write .csv file to the registry using C# winforms? If yes how to do that please help me?

Posted 4-Sep-13 8:28am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 4-Sep-13 14:38pm

It has nothing to do with "winforms". You need to embrace separation of concerns.
—SA

BillWoodruff 4-Sep-13 23:34pm

Yes, you could (and you have two solutions here that direct you to where you can find out how), but I hope you'll take Sergey's advice, and the caution expressed by OriginalGriff, and NOT do it ! Writing some large bunch of "stuff" into the Registry is the worst possible storage method you could use.

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All you need is this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.win32.registry.aspx[^].

And please see my comment to the question. Please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_concerns[^].

—SA

Posted 4-Sep-13 8:40am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-04T08:38:00

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Yes, but I really wouldn't. It is getting harder and harder to access the registry (for good reasons - it was badly abused), and large values (as CSV files tend to be) aren't a good idea at the best of times.

Instead, why not store the file somewhere a bit more normal, and more likely to be backed up? Where should I store my data?[^] makes some suggestions, and it's a lot easier to play with.
If you must store it in the registry, then see here: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/puranindia/the-windows-registry-in-C-Sharp/[^]

Posted 4-Sep-13 8:38am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 4-Sep-13 14:52pm

5 for providing more reasonable alternatives. Indeed, the registry is already heavily abused, so it's the best to avoid contaminating it even further. :-)
—SA

Member 10240994 5-Sep-13 8:16am

Thank you very much for the solution and it is good article.
you are right instead of using registry, I stored in locally and access from there.

OriginalGriff 5-Sep-13 8:21am

You're welcome!