/// <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); }