Re: how to read binary data from INI file ?

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Christian Kaiser wrote:
> Forget INI files for large amount of data. Use an own file to store
> that kind of configuration.
>
> We also had problems with INI files of > 32KB total size - maybe only
> on Win9x, I dont' remember.
>
> Better create an own file.

There is this new thing called XML that supposedly can do all the things ini
files can and even more. ;-)

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Eugene
http://www.gershnik.com


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