applicationdatacontainer.md

-api-id	-api-type
T:Windows.Storage.ApplicationDataContainer	winrt class

Windows.Storage.ApplicationDataContainer

-description

Represents a container for app settings. The methods and properties of this class support creating, deleting, enumerating, and traversing the container hierarchy.

-remarks

Note

There is no settings container for the temporary app data store.

The Values property gets an ApplicationDataContainerSettings object that provides access to the settings stored in the container.

-examples

Call the ApplicationDataContainer.CreateContainer method to create a settings container, or to return an existing container. This example creates a settings container named exampleContainer and adds a setting named exampleSetting. The Always value from the ApplicationDataCreateDisposition enumeration indicates that the container should be created if it does not already exist.

Use the ApplicationDataContainer.Values property to access the exampleSetting setting in the exampleContainer container.

Call the ApplicationDataContainer.DeleteContainer method to delete the exampleContainer settings container when you have finished with it.

Windows.Storage.ApplicationDataContainer localSettings = Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalSettings;

// Create a setting in a container

Windows.Storage.ApplicationDataContainer container = 
   localSettings.CreateContainer("exampleContainer", Windows.Storage.ApplicationDataCreateDisposition.Always);

if (localSettings.Containers.ContainsKey("exampleContainer"))
{
   localSettings.Containers["exampleContainer"].Values["exampleSetting"] = "Hello, Windows!";
}

// Read data from a setting in a container

bool hasContainer = localSettings.Containers.ContainsKey("exampleContainer");
bool hasSetting = false;

if (hasContainer)
{
   hasSetting = localSettings.Containers["exampleContainer"].Values.ContainsKey("exampleSetting");
}

// Delete a container

localSettings.DeleteContainer("exampleContainer");

Windows::Storage::ApplicationDataContainer localSettings{
    Windows::Storage::ApplicationData::Current().LocalSettings() };

// Create a setting in a container.
Windows::Storage::ApplicationDataContainer container{
    localSettings.CreateContainer(L"exampleContainer", Windows::Storage::ApplicationDataCreateDisposition::Always) };

if (localSettings.Containers().HasKey(L"exampleContainer"))
{
    auto values{ localSettings.Containers().Lookup(L"exampleContainer").Values() };
    values.Insert(L"exampleSetting", winrt::box_value(L"Hello, Windows!"));
}

// Read data from a setting in a container.
bool hasContainer{ localSettings.Containers().HasKey(L"exampleContainer") };
bool hasSetting{ false };

if (hasContainer)
{
    auto values{ localSettings.Containers().Lookup(L"exampleContainer").Values() };
    hasSetting = values.HasKey(L"exampleSetting");
}

// Delete a container.
localSettings.DeleteContainer(L"exampleContainer");

ApplicationDataContainer^ localSettings = ApplicationData::Current->LocalSettings;

// Create a setting in a container

ApplicationDataContainer^ container = 
   localSettings->CreateContainer("exampleContainer", ApplicationDataCreateDisposition::Always);

if (localSettings->Containers->HasKey("exampleContainer"))
{
   auto values = localSettings->Containers->Lookup("exampleContainer")->Values;
   values->Insert("exampleSetting", "Hello, Windows!");
}

// Read data from a setting in a container

bool hasContainer = localSettings->Containers->HasKey("exampleContainer");
bool hasSetting = false;

if (hasContainer)
{
   auto values = localSettings->Containers->Lookup("exampleContainer")->Values;
   hasSetting = values->HasKey("exampleSetting");
}

// Delete a container

localSettings->DeleteContainer("exampleContainer");

Dim localSettings As Windows.Storage.ApplicationDataContainer = Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalSettings

' Create a setting in a container

Dim container As Windows.Storage.ApplicationDataContainer = 
   localSettings.CreateContainer("exampleContainer", Windows.Storage.ApplicationDataCreateDisposition.Always)

If localSettings.Containers.ContainsKey("exampleContainer") Then
    localSettings.Containers("exampleContainer").Values("exampleSetting") = "Hello, Windows!"
End If

' Read data from a setting in a container

Dim hasContainer As Boolean = localSettings.Containers.ContainsKey("exampleContainer")
Dim hasSetting As Boolean = False

If hasContainer Then
    hasSetting = localSettings.Containers("exampleContainer").Values.ContainsKey("exampleSetting")
End If

' Delete a container

localSettings.DeleteContainer("exampleContainer")

-see-also

Store and retrieve settings and other app data, ApplicationData, ApplicationDataCompositeValue, ApplicationDataContainerSettings, Application data sample