XWin design suggestion

[Alexander Gottwald]

Early Ehlinger wrote:

> The big problem I
> have with the registry is the deployment problem.  When I get a new
> workstation/laptop/whatever (this is actually a pretty common occurrence for
> me), I've already got a zillion apps that need to be installed because they
> munge the registry.  I'd rather they all use configuration files.  Then I
> could simply copy their respective directories, my home directory, and be
> done with it.

At work I'm working on a program which I now enhanced with "Never show this
dialog again" and "Remember what i do now and do this the next time on your
own" dialogs. The settings are stored in the registry. It's easy, simple
and no one dies if he starts the program on a new computer where these 
dialogs popup again. 
If those preset values are stored in a file, you could simply copy the file.
But the implementation would have been a zillion times more difficult and 
(IMO) less robust.

If someone will present code which stores such values in a text file and is
as save as storing it in the registry, I will not raise my voice against 
this solution. But I can't see the big advantages of the file solution.

bye
    ago
NP: grauzone.03-04-14
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