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Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Thu Jun 2 12:50:04 EDT 2005


Jon wrote:
> I often use INI files in Delphi as a poor man's database in Windows.  If 
> I want to remember a small number of configuration parameters, what is 
> the best way to store them? I  do NOT want them to be part of the stack: 
> I want them to be part of a separate named data object, so I can load a 
> set, modify it, store it, and then load a different set.

You might consider using another stack file for data storage, using 
custom properties -- it's instantly and easily parsed, and allows for 
some forms of hierarchical data as well:

<http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2002-July/006149.html>

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