Does anyone know of a resource that describe the differences in speed, etc.
for the various file I/O types (Spreadsheet files, Text files, Binary files
and Config files).
I'm really trying to decide if Config files are a good place to store
program setup information. Right now I use Spreadsheet files that are
actually arrays of clusters that were flattened. I always read them in on
power up and fill in the global variables. Then I use the data in the
globals for ever more. I've read that a better way is to read them into
un-initialized shift register vi's. It appears from looking at the Config
File I/O vi's that they might be doing that same thing. Does that make them
really fast and efficient? What happens if you leave th
e file reference
open for days and days? What happens if the system crashes?
a little long winded, right?
Thanks,
Bill