/// <summary>
/// Persists the settings to the specified filename
/// </summary>
/// <param name="file">The filename to use for saving</param>
/// <param name="settings">The instance of the Settings class to persist</param>
internal static void SaveSettingsToFile(string file, VESettings settings)
{
FileStream fs = null;
XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(VESettings));
fs = File.Open(file, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);
try
{
xs.Serialize(fs, settings);
}
finally
{
fs.Close();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Loads a serialized instance of the settings from the specified file
/// returns default values if the file doesn't exist or an error occurs
/// </summary>
/// <returns>The persisted settings from the file</returns>
internal static VESettings LoadSettingsFromFile(string filename)
{
VESettings settings;
XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(VESettings));
if (File.Exists(filename))
{
FileStream fs = null;
try
{
fs = File.Open(filename, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
}
catch
{
return new VESettings();
}
try
{
settings = (VESettings)xs.Deserialize(fs);
}
catch
{
settings = new VESettings();
}
finally
{
fs.Close();
}
}
else
{
settings = new VESettings();
}
return settings;
}
