Questions tagged [settings]

Settings may refer to the tweaking which can be used to help improve the user-experience or performance etc.

Settings may refer to the tweaking which can be used to help improve the user-experience or performance etc. Settings typically represent a set of options which a user can choose from adjust the interface or controls of a certain application to their preferences.

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Visual Studio custom build tool doesn't rebuild from scratch

I have a generally question about "custom build tool" tab in settings. I already used this feature and like it. But this time the result is not what I expected :/ I try to automatically convert a Performance Monitor manifest file (.man) to a…
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Recommended way to setup Django Fast CGI configuration with multiple domains

I'm creating a Django project that will be used by multiple domains, and the functionality will be slightly different depending on the domain. I'm looking for advice on the proper way to set this up. The sites framework seems like it would be a…
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Saving and loading settings and game progress in iOS

I'm writing an iPhone game and i want to save/load user settings (such as music loudness for example) and also i want to store the game progress. For each level i want to have some struct object representing it state - is it opened, is it passed,…
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swift Xcode reading application settings

I am new to swift/ios programming. I created a small app with settings but I can't seem to read value. UserDefaults.standard.register(defaults: [String : Any]()) let settings = UserDefaults.standard; let k =…
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How to create settings programatically while running and load these after program restart. Without writing them into settingsfile manually C#

I have over 100 checkboxes in my program and I want to save the state of these programatically without creating settings property manualy in visual studio. The checkboxes are bind to a user control including a nummericUpDownBox. This is how I save…
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Swift - Get Mobile Data Current Usage figure

Is it possible to retrieve the value under ‘Current Period’ in the screenshot below? And is there any way to programmatically reset this figure?
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How do you get user info from a company's domain/network settings in C#?

I was told that user info like name, address, phone, etc are stored on the network (obviously only if a person has given that info). This is the info that Outlook gets when searching for users on the network (the info that Outlook populates the…
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Wagtail ignoring settings such as ALLOWED_HOSTS

I'm running nginx, gunicorn and wagtail on Ubuntu 16.04. I am not using virtualenv. Both nginx and gunicorn seem to work just fine but when I go to my domain in a browser (let's say myweb.com) I get a disallowed host error. This seems like a simple…
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Laravel make settings for store

I have an online store in laravel 5.4 and I want to make configurable settings in the admin panel (stuff like store name, phone number, email, store address etc.). I am using a database for now and the fields are always the same (store name,…
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Shared ReSharper settings with out-of-source cmake builds

I am using cmake to generate my solution files and I'm doing that out-of-source. So I have a myproject folder and a myproject_build folder. When I save my ReSharper settings in team solution, it creates a dotsettings file in the myproject_build…
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How to create/edit SublimeText User Settings?

I'm trying to override detect_indentation": false in Sublime Text 3 (Windows 10). I've read that I shouldn't edit the Settings - Default since it resets on every update, but to instead go to Settings - User. But under my SublimeText 3 Preferences…
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How do I save settings in C#

I am building a stand alone program so there are no external files for the program to access. What would be the best way to recall what the size of the window, and the location of a certain element inside the window were prior the the last shut…
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My.Settings type "string" vs "connection string"

What is the difference of these types in My.Settings? For what do I use "connectionstring"? What (& why) would I use for a local SQL Compact database? What would I use if I wanted the database location to be chosen/changed in a program options…
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setting brightness via Settings.System.putInt() isn't working

I'm trying to change the brightness mode and value on my phone, and found a great thread here at SO that I thought answered my question, but on my froyo Dell Streak this code simply does nothing. putInt() is returning true so by all accounts it…
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Hitting the limit on php's max_input_vars - But don't know why

I seem to be hitting the limit on max_input_vars in a PHP script I'm working on. I know I can just increase the limit (which I did while I'm refactoring the script) but I don't want that to be the end solution. The way I believe max_input_vars…
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