IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings Property

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Gets an instance of IsolatedStorageSettings that contains the contents of the application's IsolatedStorageFile, scoped at the application level, or creates a new instance of IsolatedStorageSettings if one does not exist.

Namespace:  System.IO.IsolatedStorage
Assembly:  System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

Syntax

Public Shared ReadOnly Property ApplicationSettings As IsolatedStorageSettings
public static IsolatedStorageSettings ApplicationSettings { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.IO.IsolatedStorage..::.IsolatedStorageSettings
An IsolatedStorageSettings object that contains the contents of the application's IsolatedStorageFile, scoped at the application level. If an instance does not already exist, a new instance is created.

Remarks

Use the ApplicationSettings property to create a new instance of the dictionary used to store key-value pairs in isolated storage.

ApplicationSettings are specific to a user and an application. The application scope is determined by the full path of the application.

Examples

The following example initializes an ApplicationSettings dictionary.

[Visual Basic]

Private userSettings As IsolatedStorageSettings = _
    IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings

[C#]

private IsolatedStorageSettings userSettings =
    IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings;

Version Information

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Platforms

Windows Phone

See Also

Reference

IsolatedStorageSettings Class

System.IO.IsolatedStorage Namespace

IsolatedStorageFile

GetUserStoreForApplication