/// <summary>
/// Create a PersistedSettings object from settings file read from disk.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="instance">Uninitialized object.</param>
/// <returns>True if restore from disk succeeds.</returns>
public static bool ReadFromDisk(out PersistedSettings instance)
{
bool success = true;
instance = null;
try
{
XmlSerializer reader = new XmlSerializer(typeof(PersistedSettings));
using (StreamReader file = new StreamReader(PersistFilename))
{
PersistedSettings ps = new PersistedSettings();
ps = (PersistedSettings)reader.Deserialize(file);
instance = ps;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Unable to restore application settings from \""
+ Path.GetFileName(PersistFilename)
+ "\". Using application defaults. "
+ Environment.NewLine + Environment.NewLine + ex.Message, ex.GetType().Name);
success = false;
}
return(success);
}
/// <summary>
/// Constructor.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">Command line args</param>
public MainForm(string[] args)
{
bool success = PersistedSettings.ReadFromDisk(out _settings);
if (!success)
{
// Object creation failed. Create a default PersistedSettings object.
_settings = new PersistedSettings();
_settings.SetValidDefaultState();
}
InitializeComponent();
Score = -1;
ParseCommandLineArgs(args);
}
