Saves or creates an application entry in the application's entry in the Windows or (on the Macintosh) information in the application's initialization file.

Syntax

SaveSetting appname, section, key, setting

The SaveSetting statement syntax has these :

Part Description
appname Required. containing the name of the application or to which the setting applies. On the Macintosh, this is the filename of the initialization file in the Preferences folder in the System folder.
section Required. String expression containing the name of the section where the key setting is being saved.
key Required. String expression containing the name of the key setting being saved.
setting Required. containing the value that key is being set to.

Remarks

An error occurs if the key setting can't be saved for any reason.

Example

The following example first uses the SaveSetting statement to make entries in the Windows registry (or .ini file on 16-bit Windows platforms) for the 

MyApp
application, and then uses the DeleteSetting statement to remove them. 
' Place some settings in the registry. SaveSetting appname := "MyApp", section := "Startup", _ key := "Top", setting := 75 SaveSetting "MyApp","Startup", "Left", 50 ' Remove section and all its settings from registry. DeleteSetting "MyApp", "Startup"