Gustav Brock
gustav at cactus.dk
Mon May 17 03:54:24 CDT 2004
Hi William Hmmm, to me Access - no matter what version - certainly isn't that flaky. Remember, here we are changing a value only - not adding or deleting a key. If the API call is send, Windows handles it; if it fails during a crash, Windows does nothing. /gustav > ...call it paranoia but its my experience ...Access is not an app I will > call the registry from if there is another way. >> You must be in your paranoid corner this afternoon. >> >> The registry is supposed to be written to, Windows and most apps do it >> every second, and you have no other way to do it than through well >> documented API calls. If something happens no one can or will blame >> your app but Windows itself or some hardware failure. >> >> /gustav >> >> >> > ...yikes ...certainly not disputing your facts gustav but I avoid changing >> > the registry programmatically at almost any cost ...no more certain way to >> > destroy a Windows computer than corrupting the registry ...and doing so >> > programmatically from Access without backing it up first is, imnsho, an >> > exercise in Russian Roulette ...not my favorite game :(