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  - DataPRO/Modules/Hardware/AddEditHardware/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
  - DataPRO/Modules/Hardware/AddEditHardware/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
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# Documentation: AddEditHardware Module Properties

## 1. Purpose

This module provides the property and assembly configuration infrastructure for the `AddEditHardware` component within the DataPRO system. The `Settings.Designer.cs` file defines a strongly-typed settings class for persisting application configuration, while `AssemblyInfo.cs` establishes the assembly's identity, version, and COM visibility metadata. These files represent the configuration layer rather than the core business logic of hardware add/edit operations.

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## 2. Public Interface

### `AddEditHardware.Properties.Settings` (class)

**Signature:**
```csharp
internal sealed partial class Settings : global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase
```

**Description:** A thread-safe singleton class that provides access to application-scoped and user-scoped settings for the AddEditHardware module. This class is auto-generated by Visual Studio's Settings Designer.

**Members:**

| Member | Signature | Description |
|--------|-----------|-------------|
| `Default` | `public static Settings Default { get; }` | Static property that returns the singleton instance of the `Settings` class. The instance is synchronized for thread-safe access. |

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## 3. Invariants

- **Singleton Pattern:** The `Settings` class maintains exactly one instance via the `defaultInstance` field, created through `ApplicationSettingsBase.Synchronized()`.
- **Thread Safety:** The default instance is created using `Synchronized()`, ensuring thread-safe access to settings.
- **Auto-generation:** The `Settings.Designer.cs` file is machine-generated (Runtime Version: 4.0.30319.42000, Generator Version: 17.10.0.0) and will be overwritten on regeneration.
- **Internal Visibility:** The `Settings` class is marked `internal`, restricting access to within the `AddEditHardware` assembly.
- **COM Invisibility:** The assembly has `ComVisible(false)`, meaning types are not exposed to COM components by default.

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## 4. Dependencies

### This module depends on:
- `System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase` — Base class providing settings persistence and synchronization infrastructure.
- `System.Reflection` — For assembly metadata attributes.
- `System.Runtime.CompilerServices` — For `CompilerGeneratedAttribute`.
- `System.Runtime.InteropServices` — For `ComVisible` and GUID attributes.

### What depends on this module:
- **Cannot be determined from source alone.** The `AddEditHardware` assembly (identified by GUID `79856d8f-191f-4528-b78f-892283e21e7b`) is presumably consumed by other DataPRO components, but the specific consumers are not visible in these files.

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## 5. Gotchas

- **Auto-generated Code:** The `Settings.Designer.cs` file contains