Index: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/HeuristicLab.Settings.csproj
===================================================================
--- trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/HeuristicLab.Settings.csproj	(revision 755)
+++ trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/HeuristicLab.Settings.csproj	(revision 757)
@@ -37,9 +37,23 @@
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Data" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Windows.Forms" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="HeuristicLabSettingsPlugin.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="HeuristicLabSettingsApplication.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="MainForm.cs">
+      <SubType>Form</SubType>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="MainForm.Designer.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>MainForm.cs</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Properties\Settings.Designer.cs">
+      <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
+      <DesignTimeSharedInput>True</DesignTimeSharedInput>
+      <DependentUpon>Settings.settings</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -50,6 +64,17 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="app.config" />
     <None Include="HeuristicLab.snk" />
     <None Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.frame" />
+    <None Include="Properties\Settings.settings">
+      <Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator>
+      <LastGenOutput>Settings.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
+    </None>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="MainForm.resx">
+      <DependentUpon>MainForm.cs</DependentUpon>
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+    </EmbeddedResource>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
Index: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/HeuristicLabSettingsApplication.cs
===================================================================
--- trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/HeuristicLabSettingsApplication.cs	(revision 757)
+++ trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/HeuristicLabSettingsApplication.cs	(revision 757)
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#region License Information
+/* HeuristicLab
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2008 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
+ *
+ * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
+ *
+ * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+using HeuristicLab.PluginInfrastructure;
+
+namespace HeuristicLab.Settings {
+  [ClassInfo(Name = "HeuristicLab Settings", Description="Test application for the HeuristicLab settings framework.")]
+  class HeuristicLabSettingsApplication : ApplicationBase {
+    public override void Run() {
+      Form mainForm = new MainForm();
+      Application.Run(mainForm);
+    }
+  }
+}
Index: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/HeuristicLabSettingsPlugin.cs
===================================================================
--- trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/HeuristicLabSettingsPlugin.cs	(revision 755)
+++ trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/HeuristicLabSettingsPlugin.cs	(revision 757)
@@ -29,4 +29,9 @@
   [PluginFile(Filename = "HeuristicLab.Settings-3.2.dll", Filetype = PluginFileType.Assembly)]
   public class HeuristicLabSettingsPlugin : PluginBase {
+    public HeuristicLabSettingsPlugin() {
+      Settings.Properties.Settings settings = Properties.Settings.Default;
+      settings.AnotherSetting = DateTime.Now.ToString();
+      settings.Save();
+    }
   }
 }
Index: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/MainForm.Designer.cs
===================================================================
--- trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/MainForm.Designer.cs	(revision 757)
+++ trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/MainForm.Designer.cs	(revision 757)
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+﻿namespace HeuristicLab.Settings {
+  partial class MainForm {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Required designer variable.
+    /// </summary>
+    private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Clean up any resources being used.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
+    protected override void Dispose(bool disposing) {
+      if (disposing && (components != null)) {
+        components.Dispose();
+      }
+      base.Dispose(disposing);
+    }
+
+    #region Windows Form Designer generated code
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
+    /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
+    /// </summary>
+    private void InitializeComponent() {
+      this.textBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
+      this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
+      this.textBox2 = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
+      this.SuspendLayout();
+      // 
+      // textBox1
+      // 
+      this.textBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 12);
+      this.textBox1.Name = "textBox1";
+      this.textBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(260, 20);
+      this.textBox1.TabIndex = 0;
+      this.textBox1.TextChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.textBox1_TextChanged);
+      // 
+      // button1
+      // 
+      this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 38);
+      this.button1.Name = "button1";
+      this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
+      this.button1.TabIndex = 1;
+      this.button1.Text = "button1";
+      this.button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+      this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);
+      // 
+      // textBox2
+      // 
+      this.textBox2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 106);
+      this.textBox2.Name = "textBox2";
+      this.textBox2.ReadOnly = true;
+      this.textBox2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(260, 20);
+      this.textBox2.TabIndex = 0;
+      this.textBox2.TextChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.textBox1_TextChanged);
+      // 
+      // MainForm
+      // 
+      this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
+      this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
+      this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(284, 264);
+      this.Controls.Add(this.button1);
+      this.Controls.Add(this.textBox2);
+      this.Controls.Add(this.textBox1);
+      this.Name = "MainForm";
+      this.Text = "MainForm";
+      this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.MainForm_Load);
+      this.ResumeLayout(false);
+      this.PerformLayout();
+
+    }
+
+    #endregion
+
+    private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBox1;
+    private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
+    private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBox2;
+  }
+}
Index: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/MainForm.cs
===================================================================
--- trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/MainForm.cs	(revision 757)
+++ trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/MainForm.cs	(revision 757)
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+﻿using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Data;
+using System.Drawing;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+
+namespace HeuristicLab.Settings {
+  public partial class MainForm : Form {
+    private Properties.Settings settings;
+
+    public MainForm() {
+      InitializeComponent();
+    }
+
+    private void MainForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
+      settings = Properties.Settings.Default;
+      textBox1.Text = settings.AnotherSetting;
+      textBox2.Text = settings.MySetting;
+    }
+
+    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
+      settings.Save();
+    }
+
+    private void textBox1_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) {
+      settings.AnotherSetting = textBox1.Text;
+    }
+  }
+}
Index: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/MainForm.resx
===================================================================
--- trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/MainForm.resx	(revision 757)
+++ trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/MainForm.resx	(revision 757)
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<root>
+  <!-- 
+    Microsoft ResX Schema 
+    
+    Version 2.0
+    
+    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format 
+    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the 
+    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes 
+    associated with the data types.
+    
+    Example:
+    
+    ... ado.net/XML headers & schema ...
+    <resheader name="resmimetype">text/microsoft-resx</resheader>
+    <resheader name="version">2.0</resheader>
+    <resheader name="reader">System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
+    <resheader name="writer">System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
+    <data name="Name1"><value>this is my long string</value><comment>this is a comment</comment></data>
+    <data name="Color1" type="System.Drawing.Color, System.Drawing">Blue</data>
+    <data name="Bitmap1" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64">
+        <value>[base64 mime encoded serialized .NET Framework object]</value>
+    </data>
+    <data name="Icon1" type="System.Drawing.Icon, System.Drawing" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64">
+        <value>[base64 mime encoded string representing a byte array form of the .NET Framework object]</value>
+        <comment>This is a comment</comment>
+    </data>
+                
+    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple 
+    name/value pairs.
+    
+    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a 
+    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support 
+    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture. 
+    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the 
+    mimetype set.
+    
+    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the 
+    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not 
+    extensible. For a given mimetype the value must be set accordingly:
+    
+    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format 
+    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can 
+    read any of the formats listed below.
+    
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+    
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.soap.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.SoapFormatter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array 
+            : using a System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+    -->
+  <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
+    <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" />
+    <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
+      <xsd:complexType>
+        <xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
+          <xsd:element name="metadata">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" use="required" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="assembly">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:attribute name="alias" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="data">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+                <xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="3" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="4" />
+              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="resheader">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+        </xsd:choice>
+      </xsd:complexType>
+    </xsd:element>
+  </xsd:schema>
+  <resheader name="resmimetype">
+    <value>text/microsoft-resx</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="version">
+    <value>2.0</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="reader">
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="writer">
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+  </resheader>
+</root>
Index: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
===================================================================
--- trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs	(revision 757)
+++ trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs	(revision 757)
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+﻿//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <auto-generated>
+//     This code was generated by a tool.
+//     Runtime Version:2.0.50727.3053
+//
+//     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
+//     the code is regenerated.
+// </auto-generated>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace HeuristicLab.Settings.Properties {
+    
+    
+    [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
+    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.SettingsDesigner.SettingsSingleFileGenerator", "9.0.0.0")]
+    internal sealed partial class Settings : global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase {
+        
+        private static Settings defaultInstance = ((Settings)(global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.Synchronized(new Settings())));
+        
+        public static Settings Default {
+            get {
+                return defaultInstance;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        [global::System.Configuration.ApplicationScopedSettingAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("Nice Value")]
+        public string MySetting {
+            get {
+                return ((string)(this["MySetting"]));
+            }
+        }
+        
+        [global::System.Configuration.UserScopedSettingAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("COOL!!")]
+        public string AnotherSetting {
+            get {
+                return ((string)(this["AnotherSetting"]));
+            }
+            set {
+                this["AnotherSetting"] = value;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
Index: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/Properties/Settings.settings
===================================================================
--- trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/Properties/Settings.settings	(revision 757)
+++ trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/Properties/Settings.settings	(revision 757)
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+﻿<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
+<SettingsFile xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2004/01/settings" CurrentProfile="(Default)" GeneratedClassNamespace="HeuristicLab.Settings.Properties" GeneratedClassName="Settings">
+  <Profiles />
+  <Settings>
+    <Setting Name="MySetting" Type="System.String" Scope="Application">
+      <Value Profile="(Default)">Nice Value</Value>
+    </Setting>
+    <Setting Name="AnotherSetting" Type="System.String" Scope="User">
+      <Value Profile="(Default)">COOL!!</Value>
+    </Setting>
+  </Settings>
+</SettingsFile>
Index: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/app.config
===================================================================
--- trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/app.config	(revision 757)
+++ trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Settings/app.config	(revision 757)
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<configuration>
+    <configSections>
+        <sectionGroup name="applicationSettings" type="System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsGroup, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" >
+            <section name="HeuristicLab.Settings.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
+        </sectionGroup>
+        <sectionGroup name="userSettings" type="System.Configuration.UserSettingsGroup, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" >
+            <section name="HeuristicLab.Settings.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" allowExeDefinition="MachineToLocalUser" requirePermission="false" />
+        </sectionGroup>
+    </configSections>
+    <applicationSettings>
+        <HeuristicLab.Settings.Properties.Settings>
+            <setting name="MySetting" serializeAs="String">
+                <value>Nice Value</value>
+            </setting>
+        </HeuristicLab.Settings.Properties.Settings>
+    </applicationSettings>
+    <userSettings>
+        <HeuristicLab.Settings.Properties.Settings>
+            <setting name="AnotherSetting" serializeAs="String">
+                <value>COOL!!</value>
+            </setting>
+        </HeuristicLab.Settings.Properties.Settings>
+    </userSettings>
+</configuration>
