[DUG] Vista and Ini files

[Robert martin]

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Rob Martin
Software Engineer

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Wild Software Ltd



Jeremy Coulter wrote:
> Locations need to be changed???  What do you mean? Is this the "Program
> Files" thing that Richard mentioned when he was down last??
>
> Jeremy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On
> Behalf Of Robert martin
> Sent: 30 April 2007 15:43
> To: johnkbird at paradise.net.nz; NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> Subject: Re: [DUG] Vista and Ini files
>
> We use ini files / Vista and have not noticed any problems.  Files seem to
> be the same format and only the locations may need changing.
>
>
> Rob Martin
> Software Engineer
>
> phone +64 03 377 0495
> fax   +64 03 377 0496
> web www.chreos.com
>
> Wild Software Ltd
>
>
>
> John Bird wrote:
>   
>> A friend of mine said this about Vista
>>
>> "I understand, without confirmation yet, that Vista is intercepting calls
>>     
> to
>   
>> the Windows API for INI files. I would like to do INI (config) files as I
>> want to not as Vista is doing. So I am looking for a self made INI file
>> replacement that does not use Windows API stuff. My goal is simply to
>>     
> manage
>   
>> INI files as I expect them to behave, so I can avoid unexpected
>>     
> consequences
>   
>> of Vista. At present I am using Delphi's built in TINIfile, which I am
>> guessing calls Windows API code."
>>
>> I think in my brief tests of Vista there were issues writing to settings
>> files including .ini files but I thought it was to do with fil permissions
>>     
> -
>   
>> that is once I allowed full access to the folder where the ini files were
>> then all seemed to behave.
>>
>> Anyone have more information on if and how Vista changes access to ini
>> files?  Does D2007 contain changes to Tinifile to cater for this?  Any
>> issues for earlier versions?
>>
>> I am guessing if Vista has changed the rules is maybe similar to how it
>> restricts access to certain parts of the registry hives...
>>
>>
>> John
>>
>>
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