Lucas Karpiuk said:
i've got users' startup directory set to a shared network location that is
read only.
Not a good idea. What happen's if the server breaks or the network router
goes down. What do you do with users who have laptops? Do you have other
network-dependent apps whose performance may be adversely affected by the
extra network traffic you are needlessly generating?
i'd like to be able to save some local preferences/info for each
user - is it possible to do this to the normal.dot file, or is there a
better
method available?
It depends entirely on what you are wanting to store. You can use any of the
following
- the registry, accessed using GetSetting and SaveSetting commands
- an ini file, accessed using the System.PrivateProfileString property or
the INI class module by Karl Peterson (available from
http://vb.mvps.org/samples/)
- A plain text file, accessed using the open statement and the Input and
Print commands
- An autotext entry in normal.dot or another template
- A custom document property in normal.dot, or another document or template
- A document variable in normal.dot, or another document or template
- An XML file stored somewhere and accessed using the MSXML library.
There are probably other options I haven't mentioned, but this should give
you an idea of what is available. Which one of these is best for you depends
on circumstances. I have used all of these on different occasions depending
on what i was trying to achieve.
