Ever wanted to be able to save certain elements of you're application? Let's say you wanted to save what that textbox said last, well here's how it's done:

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Step 1.) Create you're application as you normally would, for me it's very simple with 1 textbox and 1 label

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Step 2.) Now on the right toolbar right click your project name and select "Properties"

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Step 3.) Now Select "Settings"

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Step 4.) Now in the left hand column give your setting a name. The right hand side is the default value, leave this blank as it's needed for our use.

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Step 5.) Go back & add this into your app. For me I want it to save the label text.

Step 6.) Add a timer with an interval of 1000. Add the following code to the timer:



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Step 7.) Add the following code to the Form1_Load event:

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Now I have a form that will automatically save the label text every second. However, for the text that has been saved to be displayed we need to make a new button and add the following code:

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All done! Just like that we've made a setting which automatically saves! Amazing right?