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Michael Riley - AKA Gunny
Michael Riley - AKA Gunny

Reputation: 5184

Where does Delphi Store the Data Explorer Connection Info?

I just created a brand new FireDAC InterBase connection called "MyNewIBConnection" in Delphi 10 Seattle. The connection works great.

Where does Delphi store this connection info?

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Upvotes: 1

Views: 1451

Answers (3)

Michael Riley - AKA Gunny
Michael Riley - AKA Gunny

Reputation: 5184

It's easy after you know where to look:
1. Click Tools > FireDAC Explorer
2. Click Connection definitions

The file location is displayed in the Workstation configuration panel.

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Upvotes: 1

Victoria
Victoria

Reputation: 7912

It's in the dbxconnections.ini file. I found it in this location (it may differ for your Delphi version):

C:\Users\PUBLIC\Documents\RAD Studio\dbExpress\dbxconnections.ini

How did I find it? After searching BLACKFISHSQLEMPLOYEECONNECTION term in registry (it was the rarest name in my Data Explorer, was not found in registry), I ran Process Monitor with Rename Connection dialog opened and filtered there non-registry operations of the IDE process.

Upvotes: 3

rk_cpa
rk_cpa

Reputation: 155

The location of the connection file (FDConnectionDefs.ini) ist stored in this registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\FireDAC\ConnectionDefFile

Normally it uses the environment variable "FDHOME" inside this registry key to define the actual directory where the file is stored.

Upvotes: 0

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