Re: Global application variables in WinForms app

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pdavis68_at_hotmail.com
Date: 05/31/04 

Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 14:57:54 GMT

Use a class with static members. Occasionally, I will create a class called
Global where all the members are static so that I can access the members
from any class.

class Globals
{
   public static int myGlobalField;
}

then from anywhere in the app, simply do:

Globals.myGlobalField = x;

or

x = Globals.myGlobalField;

simple.

Pete
"David McCormack" <nospam@zamang.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1086014677.10734.0@damia.uk.clara.net...
> I have a small project that I'm writing to help me learn C# and the .Net
> Framework. This project is a WinForms program with multiple forms that
> accesses MSDE. I've got most of it done but I've hit a slight brick wall.
>
> Does anyone have any recommended strategies for dealing with application
> wide variables? i.e. the user name of the current user that's logged in
> to the application rather than the PC.
>
> The best idea I've come up with so far is to store the items in the
> Windows registry, so they can be read as and when required, but its not
> ideal. Every other idea I've come-up with requires objects to be passed
> to single form when its opened, which I would rather not do as it'll
> mean override routines in every single form.
>
> Looking on Google I could only find items relating to WebForms, and the
> use of Session variables.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
>
> David McCormack

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