Save custom Preferences on Indesign Plugin

Hi
I would like to know what is the best or easy way to save some info the user entered on my text box, so that when he close the InDesign and reopen, he typed text will be there.
I put this text box in a window inside the Preferences.
What should I look for?
I am trying with persistent data, but I do not know if is the right approach.
I am using Indesign CS6 and Xcode 3.2.6 and dolly
Regards,

Hi Ricardo,
You are on the right track to consider persistence. The basic idea of persistence is to add a persistent interface to a boss class. Like in your case you could add your interface in the kDocBoss so that you could have individual data for each doc, or you could add it to the kWorkspaceBoss class. You need to implement the ReadWrite method in your persistent interface and implement command to write your persistent data.
Have a look at the programming guide to read about these concepts and also have a look at the BasicPersistInterface plugin to get an idea of how to implement persistent interfaces.
Thanks
Manan

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