Status: Release/Final
Language: Visual Basic .NET
Downloads: 240

Microsoft says:

Note: This function is provided only for compatibility with 16-bit applications written for Windows. Applications should store initialization information in the registry.

-GetPrivateProfileString, MSDN Library (Jan 2006)

WRONG! Applications shouldn't store their settings in the registry. It centralizes ...

Microsoft says:

Note: This function is provided only for compatibility with 16-bit applications written for Windows. Applications should store initialization information in the registry.

-GetPrivateProfileString, MSDN Library (Jan 2006)

WRONG! Applications shouldn't store their settings in the registry. It centralizes application-specific data, making the reinstallation, copying, and settings tweaking of applications more cumbersome. For all of my programs, I use these "Windows 3.1 compatibility" functions to read/write settings to a .ini configuration file that can be placed in the directory with a program. They're actually far easier to use than the registry, too, and with minimal drawbacks. Over the years, I've been refining these functions with a wrapper module that makes accessing application settings even easier, which you can download here. It includes the following members:

• ConfigFile
• Class KeyPair
• Function Backup()
• Function Clear()
• Function ClearKey()
• Function ClearSection()
• Function DeleteSection()
• Function ReadFloatKey()
• Function ReadIntKey()
• Function ReadSection()
• Function ReadSectionNames()
• Function ReadStringKey()
• Function RestoreBackup()
• Function WriteKey()
• Function WriteSection()

1.2.2:
fixed a bug with backups without a path passed failing to backup

VB.Net Config File Module 240 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Language: QBasic
Platform: Win9x, WinNT, Win2000/XP
Downloads: 63

This was the first program I'd ever written. It's basically a madlib program. There's only two madlibs, but I thought I'd add it anyways just for reference; everybody has to start somewhere. I mostly learned to program all on my own. But at this point in my learning, I hadn't even discovered subroutines. That's right, that means the header text ...

This was the first program I'd ever written. It's basically a madlib program. There's only two madlibs, but I thought I'd add it anyways just for reference; everybody has to start somewhere. I mostly learned to program all on my own. But at this point in my learning, I hadn't even discovered subroutines. That's right, that means the header text code is written out on every menu screen.

StoryTeller2000 63 Downloads	Download