Hello Nicholas,
I agree - my preference has always been for INIfile. BUT when you do software
protection, usually the only way to do it is to hide it in the registry which
sort of defeats the purpose a bit.
My pennyworth.
NS> The registry never REPLACED TInifile, although the documentation seems to
NS> steer you that way. If you have large amounts of data that you need to store
NS> somewhere for your program, it's a much better idea to store it in an
NS> Inifile, or other datafile. That way, the user can back it up/copy it easily
NS> and you don't make their registry huge.
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Regards,
Alistair+
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