ClickOnce has some pretty nice advantages.  All I need to do is upload the new files and it magically updates the clients.

But it has a problem, every start up, this pops up.  It is super annoying.

I have a project installer with an old school installer that seems to have the auto-updating ability too.

If I migrate from the ClickOnce, I have to figure out also how to do a seamless transition.  The ToDo project already has end users.  Of which, today, got a nice present.  I added in font color and a simple configuration screen.

So for my ToDo applications, one of the first task items was being able to change the font color.  After reading about this on my trusty WPF advisor blog, I learned you can do direct data bindings with Settings.  This is useful since I just have to create the property bind to it, and walk away.  The one thing I have to do is just save the properties.

Here is the WPF for doing the background binding.  Took me a bit to see the error of my ways for binding a background.  I had <Button Background=“{Binding …” and this was a no no even though you can say Background=“Red” and have it be red.  By binding like this, it works great.

I also bolded the important items to have if you want to bind to your settings.

<Window x:Class="ToDo.Configuration"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:Properties="clr-namespace:ToDo.Properties"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="Configuration" Height="300" Width="300">
    <Window.Resources>
        <Properties:Settings x:Key="settings" />
    </Window.Resources>
    <Grid DataContext="{StaticResource settings}">
        <Button>
            <Button.Background>
                <SolidColorBrush Color="{Binding Path=Default.FontColor, Mode=TwoWay}" />
            </Button.Background>
        </Button>
    </Grid>
</Window>