Save and Restore Form Position and Size

Question

In a WinForms 2.0 C# application, what is the typical method used for saving and restoring form position and size in an application?

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Answer 1

I got this code from somewhere, but unfortunately at the time (long ago) didn't make a comment about where I got it from.

This saves the form info to the user's HKCU registry:

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Microsoft.Win32;

/// 
Summary description for FormPlacement.
public class PersistentForm : System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
    private const string DIALOGKEY = "Dialogs";

    /// 

    protected override void OnCreateControl()
    {
        LoadSettings();
        base.OnCreateControl ();
    }

    /// 

    protected override void OnClosing(System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e)
    {
        SaveSettings();
        base.OnClosing(e);
    }

    /// 
Saves the form's settings.
    public void SaveSettings()
    {
        RegistryKey dialogKey = Application.UserAppDataRegistry.CreateSubKey(DIALOGKEY);
        if (dialogKey != null)
        {
            RegistryKey formKey = dialogKey.CreateSubKey(this.GetType().ToString());
            if (formKey != null)
            {
                formKey.SetValue("Left", this.Left);
                formKey.SetValue("Top", this.Top);
                formKey.Close();
            }
            dialogKey.Close();
        }
    }

    /// 

    public void LoadSettings()
    {
        RegistryKey dialogKey = Application.UserAppDataRegistry.OpenSubKey(DIALOGKEY);
        if (dialogKey != null)
        {
            RegistryKey formKey = dialogKey.OpenSubKey(this.GetType().ToString());
            if (formKey != null)
            {
                this.Left = (int)formKey.GetValue("Left");
                this.Top = (int)formKey.GetValue("Top");
                formKey.Close();
            }
            dialogKey.Close();
        }
    }
}