I partially agree with comments about writing data to the rbase.ini file. However, I have a great aversion to storing this changing info in the registery. What to keep a program from damaging the registery. I would much prefer to have the .ini dammaged vs the registery.
-- Jim Bentley American Celiac Society [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email (973) 776-3900 x5029 - voicemail/fax ---- "Dennis McGrath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Obviously, if the INI file is read-only you cannot store > any new information > in it. > > Probaly a good idea to test my idea to see if it causes > any other problems. > If not, the loss of recent file info is hardly a big deal. > > 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. > > -- 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 Tom Grimshaw > Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 6:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Placement of RBASE.CFG and RBASe.INI files > > > G'day Dennis, > > So locating the rbase.ini file in a read only directory > does not adversely affect R:BASE not being able to write > the RecentFile1-5 lines into the file? > > At 05:52 PM 18/11/2001 -0600, you wrote: > >You think like I do, Sami. Local setups are a maintenance > nightmare. > >Have the batch file, RBASE.CFG, RBASE.INI, OTERRO.CFG > reside on the > >server, in a READ ONLY directory, RBSETUP > >The batch file could be: > > Warmest regards, > > > Tom Grimshaw > coy: Just For You Software > tel: 612 9552 3311 > fax: 612 9566 2164 > mobile: 0414 675 903 > > post: PO Box 470 Glebe NSW 2037 Australia > street: 3/66 Wentworth Park Rd Glebe NSW 2037 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web: www.just4usoftware.com.au > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential > to the > intended recipient and may be privileged. If you have received > this email > inadvertently or you are not the intended recipient, you > may not > disseminate, distribute, copy or in any way rely on it. > Further, you should > notify the sender immediately and delete the email from > your computer. > Whilst we have taken precautions to alert us to the presence > of computer > viruses, we cannot guarantee that this email and any files > transmitted with > it are free from such viruses. > > > > > __________________________________________________ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com
