[Re: [lazarus] Components/Code needed]

Michal Bukovjan mbukovjan at netscape.net
Wed Aug 11 15:18:32 EDT 1999


I second that. The XML structure is much more transaprent than the Microsoft's
mysterious and all-in-one-place registry.

BTW, I heard rumours that even in Microsoft it is hard to find somebody who
actually knows how this registry works internally :-(

Michal Bukovjan

"Michael A. Hess" <mhess at miraclec.com> wrote:
> Jeff Wormsley wrote:
> > 
> > One possibility would be to wrap the registry functionality onto files
> > that were accessed like INI files.  The key tree stucture could be a
> > trick, but not too bad.  This would allow the files to be treated
> > pretty much like normal conf files, in that they would be text
> > editable.
> 
> The ini method would be easiest as I stated earlier since I have already
> written the TInifile and it is in the FCL. As to the tree structure that
> should be that much of a deal. It would just be a matter of loading all
> of the tree levels into one name and making that a section head Ex.
> 
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-SOFTWARE-Lazarus]
> 
> The tree itself is really just an illusion.
> 
> The other alternative which in fact might be the best alternative would
> be to make it be an XML document. Then you could maintain the actual
> Tree structure and appearance in the file itself. Would make editing it
> very easy. I kind of like this idea better myself since we do hav XML
> capability in the FCL now.
> 
> Opinions?
> 
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> 
> Michael A. Hess      Miracle Concepts, Inc.
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