In all projects I have tables like CompanySetup or WorkstationSetup where I save user/application settings, in my VFP applications I made heavy use of the _SCREEN.oSetup or _SCREEN.oWorkstation custom properties to hold the values for those tables using the VFP command SCATTER NAME _SCREEN.oSetup.

In .NET/SF what would be the recomended way to create/have the same functionality of that data and make all those properties available anywhere in the application, like reports, forms, etc.?

Thanks!

I like the idea, specially since having the BO with strong typed properties it is easier to maintain, but in the shared class how would I loop trough the BO properties to create properties with the same name as the BO and assign their values to the newly created shared properties?

I guess so sort of reflection here should be use?

Yes, thanks.  I did make sense and I got it done in no time, here is the resulting code:

Imports CardTrackingSystem.Business
Public MustInherit Class AppSettings
     Private Sub New()
     End Sub
     '-- Set the Company Setting Object
     Private Shared _company As bizCompany
     Public Shared Property Company() As bizCompany
          Get
               Return _company
          End Get
          Set(ByVal value As bizCompany)
               Dim loBO As New bizCompany
               loBO.FillAllRecords()
               _company = loBO
          End Set
     End Property
     '-- Set the Workstation Setting Object
     Private Shared _workstation As bizWorkstation
     Public Shared Property Workstation() As bizWorkstation
          Get
               Return _workstation
          End Get
          Set(ByVal value As bizWorkstation)
               Dim loBO As New bizWorkstation
               loBO.FillAllRecords()
               _workstation = loBO
          End Set
     End Property
End Class

Now I can reference the properties anywhere like this:

 
AppSettings.Company.CompanyName = String.Empty
AppSettings.Workstation.WorkstationName = String.Empty

Of course I have not tried this on reports yet, but there should be no problem