If an application has no particular interactions with other applications, an INI file is simply another data file that that program uses; one that happens to have a simple and well supported format. It's entirely appropriate to have a private ini file in the application directory or some other convenient location. I often find ini files convenient and generally prefer them to the registry for the reasons already mentioned.
The one situation in which I have found the registry useful rather than otherwise is when I have two or more applications that need to be aware of each other, but which are installed independently by the user, perhaps in arbitrary locations. In this case, rather than hoping that the default install location was chosen, or searching the entire local computer for the other application, I know that by looking in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \my_company_name\blah, blah, I can immediately find any other programs or shared data areas. My 2c (Canadian = ~1.54 c us) -- Mickey Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13390
