RE: Saving user selections to disk- FileIO or baWriteIni

[Bruce Epstein - Zeus Productions]

I use FileIO for several reasons:

1. If I want to make a Mac version, I can use similar code on both platforms.

2. It is easier to delete preferences files (or tell users to) if the files
are external rather than simply registry entries.

3. I can have a user send me their preferences file if I need to debug
something.

4. I'm usually writing stuff that doesn't belong in the INI file, such as
saved games, user tracking info, etc.

5. Some clients freak out about writing to the registry (even though they
shouldn't)

Cheers,
Bruce

> I'm working on an app that needs to save user selections to disk.
>  In the past, I have use FileIO to do this sort of thing, but
> this time I'm considering using Buddy API's "baWriteIni" because
> it's much simpler.  Can anyone think of any reasons why I should
> not do this?



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