Change Default Settings

Default settings are managed by the static SettingsManager class which loads a single instance of the Settings class. A few common defaults you may want or need to change include:

Setting	Default value
BaseCurrency	USD
FXDirectory	C:\Data\Forex

To temporarily override a default, set the appropriate property in SettingsManager before running your code. For example, to use a different money management template, you could set the MoneyManagementTemplate property:

SettingsManager.Default.MoneyManagerOptions.MoneyManagementTemplate = @"Templates\CustomTemplate.xltx";

To make these changes permanent, call SettingsManager.Default.Save(). This will create a json configuration file named settings.json in your output directory that looks like this:

{
  "MoneyManagerOptions": {
    "Template": "Templates\\CustomTemplate.xltx"
  }
}

Alternatively, create an instance of the Settings class directly, set the properties of interest, and call Save().

new Settings
{
    FXDirectory = @"C:\FX",
    MoneyManagerOptions = new MoneyManagerOptions
    {
        Template = @"Templates\CustomTemplate.xltx"
    }
}.Save();

Be sure to add this file to your Visual Studio project and set the ‘Copy to Output Directory’ property to ‘Copy always’. This ensures that settings.json is copied to the output directory. When settings are first accessed, if a settings.json exists in the output directory, it will be automatically loaded, overriding the built-in defaults.