In that case. Perhaps it would be better to store dynamic info in a
different ini file.

I any case, o-- Dennis McGrath
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and RBASE.CFG files so they cannot be changed by a casual user.



-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Lawrence Lustig
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 9:09 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Placement of RBASE.CFG and RBASe.INI files


> R:Base would do well to store dynamic data like
recent files in the
> registry, rather than in the INI file.  That is
where most programs store
> this kind of information.  The less you write to
important files like
this,
> the less chance there is of them being corrupted.

I vote a big NO on this idea.  Using the registry for
storage means that in
the event of corruption, the entire OS is open for
damage, not just the
setup for an individual program.  Also, the registry
is much harder to edit
for people who need to do manual configuration or who
need to recover from
some kind of problem.

I used the registry for storing settings in the
original version of R:Code,
and have moved away from it in later programs.
Sometimes the new ways are
not better ways.
--
Larry


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