/// <summary>
/// Saves the current settings to registry
/// </summary>
/// /// <param name="config">Configration to save</param>
/// <returns>true, if save action was successful</returns>
private static bool saveSettingsToRegistry(BackupSettings config)
{
bool bRet = true;
try
{
Type type = config.GetType();
PropertyInfo[] properties = type.GetProperties();
RegistryKey appKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(REG_PATH_SETTINGS);
//iterate all properties of config object
foreach (PropertyInfo property in properties)
{
bRet &= SavePropertyToRegistry(config, appKey, property);
}
appKey.Close();
}
catch (System.Exception e)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error during saving settings to registry " + e.Message,
"Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
return(false);
}
return(bRet);
}
private static void TransferRegistryEntryToConfig(BackupSettings config, RegistryKey appKey, String name)
{
RegistryValueKind typ;
PropertyInfo pi;
try
{
//checked whether property exists
pi = config.GetType().GetProperty(name);
if (pi != null)
{
typ = appKey.GetValueKind(name);
if (typeof(String).IsAssignableFrom(pi.PropertyType))
{
pi.SetValue(config, appKey.GetValue(name) as String, null);
}
else if (typeof(int).IsAssignableFrom(pi.PropertyType))
{
pi.SetValue(config, appKey.GetValue(name) as int?, null);
}
else if (typeof(bool).IsAssignableFrom(pi.PropertyType))
{
pi.SetValue(config, (appKey.GetValue(name) as String).Equals(bool.TrueString), null);
}
else if (typeof(DateTime).IsAssignableFrom(pi.PropertyType))
{
//office culture may not be system culture
var ci = CultureInfo.InstalledUICulture;
pi.SetValue(config, DateTime.Parse(appKey.GetValue(name) as String, ci), null);
}
else if (typeof(StringCollection).IsAssignableFrom(pi.PropertyType))
{
String[] sArr = appKey.GetValue(name) as String[];
StringCollection sc = new StringCollection();
sc.AddRange(sArr);
pi.SetValue(config, sc, null);
}
else if (typeof(List <int>).IsAssignableFrom(pi.PropertyType))
{
String s = appKey.GetValue(name) as String;
List <int> l = new List <int>();
char[] sep = new char[] { ',' };
s.Split(sep, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).ToList().ForEach(x => l.Add(Convert.ToInt32(x)));
pi.SetValue(config, l, null);
}
}
}
catch (System.Exception e)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error during fetching settings " + name + ": " + e.Message,
"Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
}