It's no more difficult to update the registry as it is an .ini file. You asked for a better way than a table. Using the registry is the "correct" way to store application values in Windows.

>thanx,
>
>But i would not look to modify Registry any way.
>Reason : It will be a over kill for such a small job
>and also there might be lot of preferences saved and each preferences would have more than 130 definations
>
>any other idea ?