What is the difference between Settings and Resource?

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What is the difference between Settings and Resource?

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Settings save user preferences to an application's color scheme for example and Resource is for the same thing?

When should I use Settings and when should I use Resource in the Winforms application?

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asked by anonymous 14.01.2018 / 16:16

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The big difference is that by using Resource after changing some value, adding or removing a key, you need to recompile the application. So Resources should be used for more "static" content such as texts, labels and other items presented in the UI, especially when there are variations of culture (different languages). That is, it should be used for the presentation of resources related to the core of your application.

Already using Settings you have greater flexibility for settings for a distribution for more dynamic customizations to user preferences or what you plan to change for a particular customer without relying on a redistribution of your application. Here are other system variables, such as connection strings, directory mapping, and so on.

In your case, if the goal is to allow the user to choose a predefined core palette, these themes can be in Resource and you save in Settings which theme was chosen.