Rights to write in Programs folder
David Glasgow
david at dvglasgow.wanadoo.co.uk
Thu Dec 22 11:01:44 EST 2005
I was just reading Sarah Reichelt's tutorial on saving data.
http://www.revjournal.com/tutorials/saving_data_in_revolution.html
I have always saved data to stack in a subfolder of the standalone
containing folder. Of this she says:
"this may cause problems if the application is stored in the
Applications or Program Files folder and the user does not have write
access to that folder."
She is of course quite correct. I have had some problems with this,
and the error reporting by Rev and customers seemed a bit hit and
miss. Can anyone tell me what Rev and Windows does if an attempt is
made to write to a location for which the user does not have the
necessary privileges. I have had described to me three different
things:
1/ An endlessly busy cursor.
2/ Absolutely no indication that anything has gone wrong (but no data
saved)
3/ An error report that the path was not "available" (?)
Is this a case for using 'try throw catch' at startup to pre-empt
problems later? If so, what might the script look like?
I would prefer to stick to the subfolder data saving method - unless
anyone can persuade me that there is a much better way to go.
Best Wishes,
David Glasgow
http://www.i-psych.co.uk
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