Save data question/help please.

[Kim2]

Hello,

Iam learing Visual Studio 2008 C# and iam making a window where I can type in how much money i spend each week.

I want this information to save somewhere so I can see how it changes from week to week.

My question is, should I connect my form to an database to be able to do this? Or can this be done in other ways?

Also, what databse should I use if I need one. (a free one ofcourse)

Thanks,

[X_Programmer]

If it's just an amount can't you save it as a text file?

When you close the form call up the closing event and save what you wrote on the form to a text file.
On the formload event load the text file and display the contents in the textbox(or where ever you want to display it).

If you need more help I can show you some sample code.

[QuackWare]

If you don't want to have to save it to an outside file like a text file you can look into using the Resources section of your application (Pretty easy if you use Visual Studio 2008). This still creates a file but one out of reach for the average user of your program.

[QuackWare]

If you don't want to have to save it to an outside file like a text file you can look into using the Resources section of your application (Pretty easy if you use Visual Studio 2008). This still creates a file but one out of reach for the average user of your program.

[Delever]

You can use SQLite for small database. Well, if you know SQL or after you learn it of course

csharp-sqlite - Project Hosting on Google Code

[cdg10620]

If I was doing something like that and I didn't want to use a database I would serialize the data and save it in an xml page. That makes working with strongly typed objects very simple in C#.

[gokuajmes]

try this dude

1.Open Notepad

2.Type in the .LOG as the first line , save and close it

3.Reopen the file you will have Date and Time prefixed to the current line.

4.Go ahead and type the ammount spent. thats it. ;D