help with XP printing & user accounts

[Alex Rice]

On Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at 02:57  PM, Dave Cragg wrote:

> Does it have to run on platforms other than XP? I forget offhand if 
> all older Windows versions have an Application data folder. But what 
> I've done if specialFolderPath returns empty is to just use the 
> application folder. This assumes that the user can write to Program 
> Files, but I think it's a fairly safe assumption in such cases.

Good point. The Windows Explorer hides to many files and folders that 
it took me a while to even convince myself that Application Data really 
exists.

> I think that specialFolderPath will return empty if the folder doesn't 
> exist, so this part may be unnecessary. But don't take my word for it.

That one's actually for creating my app's subfolder in there.

Thanks,

Alex Rice, Software Developer
Architectural Research Consultants, Inc.
alrice at ARCplanning.com
alrice at swcp.com