Different things in one file

[Dumsum]

OK say you want to store stuff in a file, say different users and all their settings etc., and there is a facility in the program to make new users, all can have different settings. I currently have to create one file for each user, and i want to know how to be able to only use one file, but i need to be able to distinguish between the users.

[Aaron Young]

There are a number of ways to accomplish what you want.

For example;

Use a delimiter to denote the begin and/or end of a user's settings, i.e.

<SETTINGS>
UserName = "Joe Bloggs"
Var1 = "Blah"
Etc..
</SETTINGS>

Use a fixed width file format, i.e.
Each set of data is a fixed number of characters long, then use the Random operator when opening the file.

Use an MDB and store the data in a table.

Use the Registry.

Use an INI file and use the INI API's to read/write it.