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Re: I have some ideas / suggestions for all programmers
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Thu, 1 Aug 2002 18:10:32 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes:
In lugnet.cad.dev, Eduardo wrote:

Could all apps use only ini files or cfg files
instead of the registry and save all ini / cfg
files in lets say C:\lego\configs or in the users
My documents in desktop "NT/XP"?

I agree about using INI files instead of the registry, because it's
easier/safer to directly edit INI files.  And it's easier for other
programmers to figure out the information.


Another good thing is that it's much easier just to copy the ldraw.ini file
from one installation to another than try to go through the huge registry
file and search for LDraw related info. Thus I, for example, get all the
viewing angles I have collected and created through the years.

Oh and last thing try not to use dll like VB6

Ha.  There is no try.  You either use the VB runtime dlls, or you don't.
If you write a program in VB, you'll need the dlls--there is no option.

But I don't understand why that would be a problem for you?

Steve


DLL's with all their language versions and revisions are a little problem,
but not that bad.

/Tore



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