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feldon34 · 02-18-2009, 02:57 PM

Originally posted by Dale:

And if it got corrupted by a crash? Or if somebody used regedit?

Just because something is not "human-readable" - doesn't eliminate the need for checking input for reasonableness.

I would rather Jim not waste time trying to make the Playlist file format "bulletproof".

Editing the Playlist file is an UNSUPPORTED way of modifying the playlist. The supported, documented way is through the Settings panel.

02-18-2009, 02:57 PM	#444
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	Originally posted by Dale: And if it got corrupted by a crash? Or if somebody used regedit? Just because something is not "human-readable" - doesn't eliminate the need for checking input for reasonableness. I would rather Jim not waste time trying to make the Playlist file format "bulletproof". Editing the Playlist file is an UNSUPPORTED way of modifying the playlist. The supported, documented way is through the Settings panel. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman