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Question

I need to load My.settings from the first Solution into the Second.
In the first project I have a helper class for getting the Settings.
Public Class format
Public NotInheritable Class Helper
Private Sub New()
End Sub
Public Shared Function getAppSetting() As String
Dim returnValue As Object = My.Settings.format
If returnValue Is Nothing Then
Return String.Empty
Else
Return returnValue.ToString
End If
End Function
Public Shared Function getAppSettingTheme() As String
Dim returnValue_theme As Object = My.Settings.theme_selected
If returnValue_theme Is Nothing Then
Return String.Empty
Else
Return returnValue_theme.ToString
End If
End Function
End Class
End Class
This class I have implemented in the other Solutions (Even addiction I have a set)
In other Solutions I have the code for getting the Settings.
Imports MyProject.format.Helper
MsgBox(getAppSettingTheme())
But in the MsgBox I see Default Settings (Unchanged) While in the first solution displays the user-changed settings.
My.Settings I have saved [My.settings.save]

Answer 1

If you choose to do this in a complicated way,what you have to do is,make classes in the first project to read My.Settings,then reference the project in the other project and use it...
However,i'll rather describe an easier way(tho the above one is not that hard) to achieve your goal.
Firstly,i believe that you are using My.Settings to store some data,right ?If so,you can simply save the data to a text file and read it from anywhere you want.This will save plenty of your code and make it tidy :)
As you seem to be a beginner,i would try to keep it as simple as possible and explain in the simplest words...
Now,let's assume,you have 4 My.Settings entries as follows :
UserName
Password
Phone
Age
Instead of writing this data in My.Settings,write it to a text file.Let's assume a user inputs relevant data and it looks somewhat like this :
Zack Rayan
1212121
+090990809809
20
To write a text file, you can simply use File.WriteAllText but as we see that here,our data is in multiline,we can make use of the following :
FIle.WriteAllLines
File.AppendText
Well,let's use File.AppendText method(you can use the below code with WriteAllText as well :)) :
File.AppendText("C:\test.mycustomExtension" , "Zack Rayan" + Environment.NewLine + "1212121" + Environment.NewLine + "+090990809809" + Environment.NewLine + "20")
This will write a text file for you containing the given data in separate lines as well as you will have your own custom extension for the file :)
Now,how to use it ?
Simple :
Dim ReadFile as New List(Of String)(File.ReadAllLines("C:\Test.mycustomextension"))
Now,let's assume,when you were using My.Settings, you used some codes like this :
If My.Settings.UserName = "Zack" Then
......
Scroll up and look closely.UserName was your first entry in My.Settings and when we wrote the text file,ZACK RAYAN-the assumed username was also written in the first line
A few lines above, i created a list which reads the text file.It needs no saying that it will read(and store) the first line first and then move on gradually. So,where you used :
If My.Settings.UserName = "Zack" Then
u should now use :
If ReadFile(0) = "Zack" Then
I hope this helps to enrich your knowledge :)