[mobile-devel] SwordReader - preferences
Daniel Blake
danblake at tcdr.com
Sun Aug 3 04:10:16 MST 2008
Another reason using .conf files works better is for portability. You
can copy the sword directory to another computer/device and have all
your settings without doing any extra work.
Daniel Blake
David Trotz wrote:
> Guys,
> I was thinking and realized that a few of you may not know this but for
> preferences we will be using the SWConfig class to save any preferences
> to a file. I know this contradicts typical windows thinking where
> everything goes into that stinking registry, but I (after persuasion
> from Troy 6 years ago) feel that .conf files are the better way to go.
> For one a user can delete their .conf file if things go wrong, and
> second, when they want every trace of SwordReader off of their device
> its as easy as deleting their sword directory (except a wince CAB file
> does put an uninstall entry in the registry), so actually its as easy as
> uninstalling then deleting the sword directory. ;-) Anyhow there is a
> m_confOptions in SRMainFrame that we can use for preferences. I know Al
> Sites was thinking of starting a preferences page so I figured I would
> put this info out there.
> In Christ,
> David Trotz
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