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Re: INI files or registry?

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Jun 18, 2003
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Tomes" <rtomes at ihug.co.nz>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: INI files or registry?


>
>
> G'day
>
> I want to store some parameter settings outside my program for the next
> time it starts up. Logically these should be in an *.ini file or in the
> registry. I cannot find any mention of either in the documentation. What
> do people normally do in such cases?

This is just an opinion, but I think that INI files have more advantage for
application-based parameters than the registry.

* Easy to share between people
* Easy to have multiple
* Easy to suport different platforms
* Easy to back up (not a single point of failure).
* Easy to edit and print out using the editor of your choice.
* OS version independance
* Smaller --> faster
* Totally flexible. Not locked into one paradigm of data representation.

and there maybe more.

--
Derek