Multiple Platform Release info

[Ken Ray]

Thanks, Dave! That's awesome... I'd forgotten about the constants.

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Cragg" <dcragg at lacscentre.co.uk>
To: <metacard at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 2:50 AM
Subject: Re: Multiple Platform Release info


> 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
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