Monday, November 15, 1999, 2:03:57 PM, Roel wrote:
>>> Well, it does have advantages over the ini-concept (no 64k-limit,
>>> additional data-types,...)
SL>> Those limits are arbitrary.
> not if you use the microsoft-routines for accessing ini-files... (if
> you use just a write/read then it's limited to 4GB)
Those limits are arbitrary. The Microsoft routines obviously have bugs in
them, don't they? :)
SL>> Those "advantages" aren't exclusive to the registry.
> What has these advantages too?
Flat files in a user's home directory.
> (i mean user-specific settings that also work on an nt-network with
> server-based user-profiles for example)
An NT-Network isn't an advantage. Any IT professional can tell you that
and as one such professional I can tell you many reasons why NT is the worst
choice to have a central repository for user files (that is all a "profile"
is). I'd much rather have Unix with NFS.
> Indeed, but there are utils that fix these things (I know, it should
> have been provided by MS...)
Exactly.
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