On 17 Sep., 15:18, Cameron_C <Camer...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Could someone offer me an opinion on whether or not storing application
specific information in an INI file rather that the registry could be
considered an "approved" technique.
Everything I have read suggests that information should be stored in the
registry.
I'd wish the programmers of every application on my system had asked
me before so i could tell them: DONT ABUSE MY REGISTRY! ;-)
use the registry for interaction with the OS, like adding new file
types. move per-user-data into a subfolder of the users application-
data-directory.
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Re: Best way to use INI file ... I was told that there may be some issues with the security settings on ... I didn't have a way to test writing to the registry and I ... Is there any particular reason you are using an INI file rather ... than GetSettings and SaveSetting to store data in the registry. ... (microsoft.public.excel.programming)
Re: Best way to use INI file ... I was told that there may be some issues with the security settings on ... I didn't have a way to test writing to the registry and I ... Is there any particular reason you are using an INI file... rather than GetSettings and SaveSetting to store data in the registry. ... (microsoft.public.excel.programming)
Re: registry entry or file ... Is there any specific format to follow in INI file.... > registry, unless necessary. ... > prompted me to spout my opinion because they disagree with me). ... >>This dll will be distributed in productsand used by PC ... (microsoft.public.win32.programmer.ui)
Re: INI file perhaps? ... You can certainly save settings in an INI file.... a table in the database itself. ... commands/builtin functions for writing to and retrieving from the Registry....Microsoft Access MVP... (comp.databases.ms-access)
Re: How to save a Date to the registry? ...registry, since it was prone to corruption and loss of the users settings.... Settings that are global to the app I still tend to put in an .ini file...outage while rewriting the .ini will lose a lot of the settings (far safer ... (comp.lang.basic.visual.misc)
