Delphi desktop settings: .DST naming limitations and content similarity to .DSK files
Posted by jpluimers on 2020/02/12
Based on [WayBack] Bummer, cannot save a Delphi desktop named “Default Layout – right 3/4” – at load this one seems to be restored, but the list does not contain that entry. – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers – Google+:
- Desktop settings are saved as .DST files
- The name of a desktop setting is the same as the filename (with some exceptions: there seems to be translations going on under the hood)
- The limitations are not documented in [WayBack] Saving Desktop Layouts – RAD Studio but I think they are similar to the limitations in [WayBack] Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars Method (System.IO) maybe with some extras from [WayBack] Path.GetInvalidPathChars Method (System.IO)
- .DST file content is a sub-set of Desktop file contents in .DSK files:
- .DST files basically are the tail (starting with
[Main Window]) of a .DSK file omitting the final[ActiveProject]part of the .DSK
- .DST files basically are the tail (starting with
–jeroen
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