Configuration information can be handled in two different ways by the Mimer Provider Manager:

1. The information can be stored in the Windows registry. The information in the registry is managed the Mimer Provider Manager Administrator. The administrator can be used to setup objects such as Data Sources, Plugins, and SQL Filters. In general, however only data sources are used as the other two are setup during the installation of the software.

2. The second place to store configuration information is in a configuration file. This is ideal for applications that work with a predefined set of data sources, where all configuration information is stored in one place: the application configuration file.

In fact, it is possible to define additional ways to store this information. For example, the information could be stored completely in memory by writing an configuration assembly that interacts with the Mimer Provider Manager. The Registry configuration handler and the file configuration assembly are two examples of how this may be done.

The default it to read information from the registry.

Information in both the registry and in configuration files can be edited with the Mimer Provider Manager Administrator.

See Also

Registry configuration | Configuration file