public static ModuleSettings GetSettings() { ModuleSettings data = null; XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ModuleSettings)); try { string apppath = Application.StartupPath; string fileName = apppath + "\\config.xml"; FileStream fs = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open); data = (ModuleSettings)serializer.Deserialize(fs); fs.Close(); } catch { data = new ModuleSettings(); } return(data); }