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[Klaus Major]

Hi Christian,

> Hello,
>
> I'm a bit confused by the various win systems when I want to create  
> a folder in the "Program Files"- Folder of Windows...
>
> What do I have  to respect when I want to create my folder in that  
> path  independently of the win version ?

This is what i use to get the appropriate folder to store my prefs in  
on every platform:

function the_prefs_folder
   switch the platform
   case "MacOS"
        put  specialfolderpath("preferences") into p_folder
       ## The prefs folder of the current user
     break
   case "Win32"
     if the systemversion contains "NT" then
        ## Win NT, 2000 and XP
        ## something like "Common Application Data" i am not sure,  
but it works :-)
        put specialfolderpath(35) into p_folder
     else
       ## Windows 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, ME
        put specialfolderpath("system") into p_folder
        ## = C:\Windows
        ## a.k.a "The black hole"
      end if
      break
   default
      ## Linux/Unix
      put $HOME into p_folder
      ## The HOME folder of the curretn user
     break
   end switch
   return p_folder
end the_prefs_folder

Hope that helps.

> Thanks for any help,
>
> Christian

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de