I have long felt that the registry was to inhibit the illegal copying of programs from one computer to another. Once you could zip up one directory and unzip it elsewhere, now with registry entries and dll's etc you pretty well have to follow the installation instructions. I do not support software piracy but I really don't like the huge registry and the difficulty uninstalling all of a program. I commonly get a message that some parts could not be removed - never with a list of the problems, just that there were problems.
Pfooey! Bill Cook Kent WA USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis McGrath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 4:01 PM Subject: RE: Placement of RBASE.CFG and RBASe.INI files > I believe the registry is an Access database in other clothing. > > Whether it is or not, it is in constant change. It is always local to each > computer so it is a good place to store information that you want local. Of > course, it has been problematic, that is why in future versions of windows > you will see a move back to ini files in application directories for this > kind of thing. > > While my suggestion that recent file lists be stored there is that it is > common current practice. But the idea to store this info in a separate file > from RBASE.INI is one that has merit, just because that is where windows is > headed now. > > -- Dennis McGrath > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Tools for R:BASE programmers > http://www.enteract.com/~mcgrath/dennis > > -- Full time consultant with SQL Resources > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of William Cook > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 8:47 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Placement of RBASE.CFG and RBASe.INI files > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis McGrath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 5:47 AM > Subject: RE: Placement of RBASE.CFG and RBASe.INI files > > > > shipped > > > R:Base would do well to store dynamic data like recent files in the > > registry, rather than in the INI file. That is where most programs store > > this kind of information. The less you write to important files like > this, > > the less chance there is of them being corrupted. > > Wouldn't this apply, even more strongly, to the registry? > > > > > >
