registry saving.

[Paul Salyers]

At 12:11 AM 5/3/2005, you wrote:
>Paul Salyers wrote:
>>I know that the Mac don't have a registry like windows, but is there way 
>>to save program information in a place on the Mac where only the program 
>>has access to it and not prying eyes?
>
>Some might recommend using invisible files, but for myself I find it 
>disturbing when I discover hidden files apps have written to my drive, and 
>none of mine do that sort of thing.
>
>And remember that with the Windows Registry things are also wide open -- 
>just do Run->regedit and the world is yours.
>
>Maybe better would be to hide data in custom props in a stack file that's 
>also used as a critical part of the program.  That way, unlike a standard 
>Prefs file, if it's deleted the app won't run.
>
>In order to have permissions to save the stack file you'll want to use the 
>Preferences or Application Support folders.

Can custom props keep things like registry keys for all the programs to 
use.  One key opens all the programs.


Paul Salyers
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