Program won't open

[Shari]

>It works here. But could it be that the users who have problems 
>don't have write permission for the application folder.
>
>I would assume that the user who installed the app will have 
>appropriate permissions. But the following two situations would 
>cause an error:
>
>1.  The user installs under an "admin" account, but uses it under a 
>"plain user" account.
>
>2. The app was installed by one person, and then used by another 
>with a different account on the same machine. Ie. installed by "Mom" 
>and then used by "the kid".
>
>To avoid this kind of problem, it's probably better avoiding writing 
>to the application folder.
>
>Cheers
>Dave

This program needs to be able to write to its own folder, that is an 
integral part of the program.  Would that be the same for creating a 
stack on the fly?  Such as creating save files for a game as you 
play?  If so, pretty much everything I create will need to be able to 
do that :-)  Though I suppose you could put all the saved games in 
some other folder.  Not very pretty, and sure not where I want my 
saved games to be.

There was a specific reason for creating at least * one * file in the 
apps own folder however.  A necessary part of the installation 
process.

I have the vague recollection of writing a handler that created a 
folder, and set that folder's permissions.  Hmmm... I wonder if I 
could use an approach like that?  And where the heck was I using that 
handler??

If one folder had a no-write on it, but a folder inside of it had an 
okay-to-write on it, would the second folder be able to be written to?

Shari


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