On Mon, 4 May 2020, Bart via lazarus wrote:
On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 12:41 AM Bo Berglund via lazarus
<lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:
structure:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Companyname\Applicationname\Server\(named values)
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Companyname\Applicationname\Configuration\(named values)
The *nix way is to use .conf files (basically ini-files) for that.
IIRC you have no control over where the xml file (with the registry
keys) is placed.
There are some issues with the xml implementation of the registry.
Most important: TRegIniFile is completely broken and as of 3.2
deprecated on non-windows platforms.
Also, when you have 2 keys opened at the same time, reading/writing
may go to/from the wrong key:
https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=36842
For a cross-platform application I wouldn't use TRegistry myself.
Me neither. They're completely windows centric.
That said, I don't even use them on windows.
I use .ini files everywhere for the simple reason they can be edited with any
editor and easily copy & pasted. You can comment out things.
Basically, they're much easier to use & maintain than the registry.
Michael.
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