>>>hi,
>>>
>>>How can I save and load default prefrences ?
>>>
>>>My idea is
>>>
>>>Saving it to a text file with a .pre extension and loading the same by using file name with .pre extension.
>>>
>>>i am against using a .dbf as .pre (which would have been easy) but if the user creates a any file with .pre , while loading the application might error out with "not a table".
>>>
>>>Any idea on how to do the same ?
>>>
>>>I am not worried abt the user changing the saved .pre because i will validate the ranges for the definations.
>>>
>>>Eg:
>>>
>>>MAX = 30
>>>MIN = 30
>>>Timeperiod = 10
>>>..
>>>
>>>..
>>>
>>>is this a proper way or is there any better way ?
>>>
>>>suhashegde
>>
>>You can check if it's a table. Also you can save it as XML and XMLToCursor to get as cursor.
>
>how can i check it if it is a table ?
>do you mean low level functions ?
>
>suhashegde

Lowlevel or on error wrapping.
Cetin