get specialFolderpath(26)

miscdas at boxfrog.com miscdas at boxfrog.com
Tue Oct 15 15:09:00 EDT 2002


miscdas at boxfrog.com writes: 

> I'm running MetaCard 2.4.3, Win98, IE5 
> 
>  put specialFolderPath(26)  
> 
> Correctly returned the path to my Applications Data folder.  
> 
> However,
>   put specialFolderPath(26) 

Oops! this should be 35, not 26 

> 
> returns  
> 
>  folder not found  
> 
> miscdas
> =========
> [snip]
> sims writes:  
> 
>> Can anyone tell me if the function:  
>> 
>>  get specialFolderpath(26) -- user's Application Data folder  
>> 
>> works on all versions of Windows?  I can use it here with my Mac
>> running VirtualPC Windows 98 but have no PC to test with otherwise...  
>> 
>> Does it work with 95 - 98 - etc.? Is there a problem using it with NT as
>> suggested by Dave Cragg below?  
>> 
>> atb  
>> 
>> sims  
>> 
>>> The values for the "Applications Data" folders are:  
>>> 
>>>> get specialFolderPath(35) -- common Application Data folder
>>> 
>>>> get specialFolderpath(26) -- user's Application Data folder
> 
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