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How to create a settings page for Windows Phone 7

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I have experienced lot of fun creating Windows Phone 7 applications in Visual Basic and writing about them here. In our last post, I explained how to create a Bing Maps application for Windows Phone 7. In this blog, I want to share a sample that will help you to create a settings page for Windows Phone 7. This application will display two setting pages - one where the setting changes will be updated immediately, and the other where the user will have to confirm the changes.

I will now demonstrate how easy it is to create a settings page for Windows Phone 7, using Visual Basic for Windows Phone Developer Tools. The settings page can be created in 6 simple steps as follows:

1. Create a sample application and add controls
2. Create a settings class
3. Create a settings page that does not require a confirmation button
4. Create a settings page that requires a confirmation button
5. Build and debug the application
6. Rebuild in the release mode before publishing

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