On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:16 AM, Hans-Peter Diettrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Executable files should reside in the Programs directory (read-only), > Data in the AppData and UserData directories. Settings should reside in > the registry.
I fully agree with that, except for the last option. Please, oh please don't use the registry!!! The registry has no added benefits compared to .ini files. INI files are easy to maintain, can be edited manually with any text editor and you can easily transfer or backup your custom settings by simply copying the INI files. The worst mistake Microsoft could have done was introduce the Registry concept! Unix is much older that Windows, and they still use plain text config files similar to INI files. They work perfectly to this day and are very easy to maintain and specially backup. Whenever windows programs give me a choice of registry or INI files, I always choose the latter. > I'll try to figure out a viable solution, when I really start working > with multiple Lazarus versions myself. I don't see the need. See my previous post. Simply create two icons on the desktop. People that use Lazarus are not "end users", they are more technical minded "developers" and should know how to create icons and custom settings. If you experiment with new versions of software, you should know what you are doing. Regards, - Graeme - _______________________________________________ fpGUI - a cross-platform Free Pascal GUI toolkit http://opensoft.homeip.net/fpgui/ _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
