Hi Peter.

>I'd like to store a developer preference somewhere. Several options come to mind:
>
>1) In a memfile
>2) In Foxuser.dbf
>3) In the Windows Registry
>
>The first one is not my first choice in this case. The second one is the simplest and safest, I guess. But the documentation says: Modifying the READONLY field and/or deleting records from the resource file are the only actions you should perform on the FOXUSER file..

Check out FoxResource.PRG in HOME() + "Tools\XSource\VFPSource\Toolbox". It contains a class for saving and loading settings from FOXUSER or any other resource file.

Doug