Create a Registry Control

Since the release of Windows and Visual Basic INI files have been the primary way to store program settings such as size, position and title.

But now the use of the registry seems to be overtaking the use of INI files. Visual Basic now has the GetSetting and SaveSetting commands which automate reading and writing to the registry.

The main problem with using these commands are that they will only save and retrieve settings from the VB and VBA Program Settings.

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This article was originally published on November 20, 2002