I’m writing a DLL that runs on a web server as part of a web-based application. The DLL has a handful of global application configuration parameters, and I’m trying to decide whether to store them in an INI file or an XML file. (I had considered using the Registry, but there’s enough negative feedback on the Registry that I’ve decided against using it.)
My primary criteria for determining the “best way” to store the config parameters is that it must be easy for the average IT engineer to read and modify the values of the parameters.
The ease of writing code to read the config parameters is *not* a consideration for me–it’ll be roughly the same degree of difficulty to use with INI or XML formats.
Thanks in advance for your comments.
MJ.