Multiple Platform Release info

[Dave Cragg]

At 9:13 pm -0500 24/3/02, Shari wrote:
>>The Windows equivalent of the Preferences folder is the Registry. It is a
>>single file that holds all the preference settings for all programs on the
>>PC. You can use 'setRegistry' and 'queryRegistry' commands in MC to set and
>>get preferences.
>>
>>Ken Ray
>>Sons of Thunder Software
>
>No good.  Need something where you can put a actual file, such as a 
>text file.  Surely there is a place in Windows?


There is an Applications Data folder that can be used for this. This 
is probably better than the Registry as I think "plain users" in 
default XP installations will not be able to write to the Registry. 
(not sure about that.)

There is an "all users" Applications Data folder for data that is 
application-specific, and also a folder for each user that can be 
used for user-specific data.

You can get the path to these folders using the  specialfolderpath 
function. Tuv Snyder revealed on the list some time back how this 
function can be extended beyond the default "special folders" by 
passing an integer that corresponds to the Windows API 
SHGetFolderPath  value/constant. The values for the "Applications 
Data" folders are:

get specialFolderPath(35) -- common Application Data folder

get specialFolderpath(26) -- user's Application Data folder

I think the idea is that you should make a folder for your own 
application in these places.

Warning:  This works fine for me on XP. But I just tested the 
function with these values on NT 4.0 and Metacard crashed. This may 
be my machine as my NT installation has been acting up recently. 
Perhaps someone can confirm whether this is working reliably on other 
Windows versions.

Cheers
Dave Cragg