One Save Method for All Application

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I want to write one Save method for the whole application. Any link or idea ??

Posted 2-Apr-15 21:27pm

Hunain Arbani

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2015-04-02T21:55:00

In essence, you can't - nobody has any idea what the application is going to be saving, how it needs to be saved, or where.

Think about a complex app like Visual Studio: It has to save SLN files (XML), PRJ files (XML), .CS (Text), .VB (Text), Debug info (PDB), intermediate files (OBJ), executables (EXE), Class libraries (DLL), native executables (EXE, but different), Native class libraries (DLL, but different again), etc., etc., etc..

Only you have any idea what your application is trying to save: it could be "flat" data on a single file basis, it could be relational data that is suitable for a Database. We have no idea.

So you need to sit down, work out what you need to save, and then start thinking about the most appropriate data forms to save them in. Then ask about that, if you still have questions. But we can't do that for you!