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Article #854Re: How to find .ini file?
From: Les Moss
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 16:37
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 16:37
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I don't agree that .ini files should be placed in the program directory. First, it will not work if the program is shared either by multiple users on one machine, or over a network. Second, I don't backup my program directories, but I do want to backup my .ini files. Having them all in one place makes this easy. Don't fight the Private Profile API. Just use it so that your app works the way everyone expects it to. I would also recommend that all programs allow the name or full path to their .ini file be specified on their command line. This provides for people who don't want to dirty their Windows directory or maintain multiple icons for a program with different configurations. In general, I feel that prograns should not place any changable data in the program directory. Les Moss moss@tti.com Citicorp TTI 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. (310) 450-9111, ext. 2982 Santa Monica, CA 90405
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!olivea!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!wupost!usc!news.service.uci.edu!ttinews!soldev!moss From: moss@soldev.TTI.COM (Les Moss) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc Subject: Re: How to find .ini file? Message-ID: <1992Sep28.163715.18096@ttinews.tti.com> Date: 28 Sep 92 16:37:15 GMT References: <1992Sep17.231306.9681@emr1.emr.ca> <1992Sep16.171727.25013@sctc.com> Sender: usenet@ttinews.tti.com (Usenet Admin) Reply-To: moss@soldev.TTI.COM (Les Moss) Distribution: usa Organization: Citicorp/TTI Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: soldev.tti.com