Storing a string array for the next startup!

If the values in the array is fixed and it's a small utility program you can store it in the code itself as an array variable. Otherwise if you know it may get modified by the user you may choose either a separate text file, a resource file (.resx) or store as configuration data in the DB.

you can (ab)use the windows registry for this

Hello,

You could use Isolated Storage:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x7dzh4ws.aspx[^]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3ak841sy(v=VS.100).aspx[^]

There is plenty of samples available:
Isolated Storage in .NET to store application data[^]
Use of Isolated Storage (A Simple Demo)[^]

Basically to use it you would do something like:

IsolatedStorageSettings appSettings = IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings;
// to save data
appSettings.Add("myData", "blah blah blah");
// to read data
string data= (string)appSettings["myData"];

Valery.

Check this code
Create one settings named MySettings with Type System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection in settngs window

Save your settings

// Create and initializes a new StringCollection.
           StringCollection myCol = new StringCollection();

           // Add a range of elements from an array to the end of the StringCollection.
           String[] myArr = new String[] { "RED", "orange", "yellow", "RED", "green", "blue", "RED", "indigo", "violet", "RED" };

           myCol.AddRange(myArr);
           Properties.Settings.Default.MySettings = myCol;
           Properties.Settings.Default.Save();

Getting it from settings

StringCollection myCol2 = new StringCollection();
            myCol2 = Properties.Settings.Default.MySettings;

hope it helps