On Fri, 13 May 2005 10:28:22 +1000, "Susan Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Just did Reset to Defaults. Bingo it now works. Strange! This seems to happen too often. I would like to suggest to the Legacy developers that they look at alternatives to the current .usr file mess for V6. Problems with the current scheme: 1> Too many .usr files. I currently count 58 .usr files in my Legacy50 directory. 2> Too often get corrupted. Resetting or deleting works, but you lose all your good settings too. 3> Contents are unintelligible to the lay person. When problems occur users cannot make sense of the .usr file format. 4> The only way to backup your current configuration is to copy all your .usr files to a safe place yourself using some external means (Windows Explorer, WinZip, etc.). Suggestions: 1> Move all the .usr settings to the registry. But fixing a problem would not be as simple as telling a user to delete a particular .usr file. Then again, maybe there would be fewer problems? Or... 2> Move settings to (fewer) .ini files. The format of the traditional Windows .ini file with their [Sections] and name-value pairs makes it easy for the lay person to see what is going on. Changing to this format and reducing the number from the current 58 would be an improvement. Some of the .usr files could become [Sections] of a larger .ini file. Windows has built-in functions for maintaining registry and .ini settings. So maybe this in itself would minimize the corruption issue. 3> I have not addressed the backup issue. I'm sure others can come up with additional pros, cons, and suggestions. I think the developers should at least look at this for V6. -- Dennis M. Kowallek [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************** Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
