[Mono-bugs] [Bug 78654][Maj] New - Default values for non-string type attributes are not converted to the appropriate type for ApplicationSettingsBase.

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Changed by tilps.kilm at gmail.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=78654

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+Bug#: 78654
+Product: Mono: Class Libraries
+Version: 1.1
+OS: Debian Woody
+OS Details: Debian Sid
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: 
+Priority: Major
+Component: System
+AssignedTo: mono-bugs at ximian.com                            
+ReportedBy: tilps.kilm at gmail.com               
+QAContact: mono-bugs at ximian.com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Cc: 
+Summary: Default values for non-string type attributes are not converted to the appropriate type for ApplicationSettingsBase.
+
+Description of Problem:
+ApplicationSettingsBase sets up the settings properties with default values
+which are all strings regardless of the type of the property.
+This causes programs to crash which have been ported from Microsoft
+implementation of .Net as the autogenerated settings code blindly casts to
+the correct type in the getter for each property.
+
+Attached is a patch to use type converter to convert from string to the type.
+This will throw a NotSupportedException if the type cannot be converted
+from string, which may or maynot be the optimal design.