-=> On 15 May 96  19:33:02 Tom Brown said to Jonathan de Boyne Pollar <=-

 TB> Hi Jonathan:
 
 JP>   Applications should only ever store one value in the user INI
 JP> file :   the location of their private INI file.
 
 TB> 1) I like to use an environment variable instead of an INI entry to
 TB> point to my .INI file.  This way, I can install my applications by
 TB> simply copying files and editing the config.sys.

As would most other programmers.

 TB> 2) I much prefer to use text mode .INI files for easier editing.

I wish IBM had done this ... its about the only good feature of 'some
competetitive products'.

 TB> The thing that has been bugging me about point 1 is that it requires
 TB> me to boot my PC.  I'm getting to the point where I get really annoyed
 TB> whenever I have to boot my PC.  The user INI file would allow me to
 TB> solve this problem, but feel weird about messing with it.

I am told that much of the data could be re-digensted by a restart of
the desktop. I would like to see docs on (a) what needs a truye reboot 
and what jsut needs PM restarted. (b) how to restart PM manyually and
from an Ap.

 TB> My problem with point 2 is that the code I wrote to handle this (3 C++
 TB> classes: Profile, ProfileSection, and ProfileEntry) really bloat out
 TB> my code.  The first 2 classes inherit from ISequence, which makes them
 TB> fairly expensive in terms of code size.  The OS/2 API adds roughly
 TB> nothing to my executible size and probably executes faster.  BTW, I
 TB> would be happy to share this code with anyone who is interested.

Perhaps you could offer it to the DevCon program.

I have written this as plain old C instead of C++ and it takes very little
space, but in its present form is (C) my clients. When the contract is finished,
I may do a total re-write and submit it. 

 TB> It would be great if there were standards, or at least prefered method
 TB> outlining this sort of thing in detail by a source of authority.  

Submitting to DevCon would make your stuff the 'Dev Facto' standard, since few
programmers would not have access to it.

Andrew
 
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