I still use ini files. If it stores sensitive data, I usually encrypt the data and bury the encryption key in the registry somewhere.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alistair George Sent: Wednesday, 23 July 2003 3:36 p.m. To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: Re[2]: [DUG]: tregistry... 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. -- Regards, Alistair+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.502 / Virus Database: 300 - Release Date: 18/07/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.502 / Virus Database: 300 - Release Date: 18/07/2003 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
