Store Dictionary in application settings

Question

I have a dictionary of strings that i want the user to be able to add/remove info from then store it for them so it they can access it the next time the program restarts

Answer 1

You can also use a System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection by putting key on even index and values on odd index.

/// 

/// Emulate a Dictionary (Serialization pb)
/// 
private static string getValue(System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection list, string key)
{
    for (int i = 0; i * 2 < list.Count; i++)
    {
        if (list[i] == key)
        {
            return list[i + 1];
        }
    }
    return null;
}

/// 

/// Emulate a Dictionary (Serialization pb)
/// 
      
private static void setValue(System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection list, string key, string value)
{
    for (int i = 0; i * 2 < list.Count; i++)
    {
        if (list[i] == key)
        {
            list[i + 1] = value;
            return;
        }
    }
    list.Add(key);
    list.Add(value);
}