>I'm wondering, what are the benfits of using the Registry (in wni95+ OSes) versus keeping our old INI files.
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>I guess most importantly, do these benefits really warrent going back through all our code and convertnig from INI file dependency for initialization stuff to Registry dependence?

Matt:

It's a trade-off. INI allows users to modify it (it's just a text file). Registry may be the "approved" way but it is more cumbersome to access and maintain.

INI files, as opposed to Registry makes your app's uninstall maybe as easy as deleting a directory structure (not counting uninstalling VFP itself, of course).

One reason why MS went from INI to Registry is that INI is a flat file. Registry gives you a hierarchical (tree) structure. You can solve that problem without the registry by changing your INI to an XML file where you still have easily editable text files but with the hierarchical structure of XML.

Like I said, it's a trade-off.