/// <summary>
/// Load stored options and parameters from a file;
/// this will automatically make this setting the most recent
/// if the setting does not exist, it is removed from the list of recent settings, and ASettingsName is cleared
///
/// </summary>
/// <returns>void</returns>
public StringCollection LoadSettings(ref String ASettingsName, ref TParameterList AParameters)
{
StringCollection ReturnValue;
String path;
// need to switch back to the application directory, because the path names might be relative to the application
Environment.CurrentDirectory = FApplicationDirectory;
path = FSettingsDirectory + FReportName + System.IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + ASettingsName + ".xml";
if (!System.IO.File.Exists(path))
{
path = FUserSettingsDirectory + FReportName + System.IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + ASettingsName + ".xml";
}
if (System.IO.File.Exists(path))
{
AParameters.Load(path);
// nobody needs to see this variable
AParameters.RemoveVariable("systemsettings");
ReturnValue = UpdateRecentlyUsedSettings(ASettingsName);
}
else
{
// setting does not exist anymore, and should disappear from the menu
ReturnValue = UpdateRecentlyUsedSettings(ASettingsName);
ReturnValue.Remove(ASettingsName);
ASettingsName = "";
}
return ReturnValue;
}
