revDeleteFolder and revCopyFolder with Vista

[Ken Ray]

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:13:02 +0200, Riccardo Linzitto wrote:

> I am using a localized version of Vista in Italian language: I have this
> system path c:\Programmi\...
> 
> If I use revCopyFolder "c:\Programmi\MyFolder", "c:\" it works
> but 
> if I use revCopyFolder "c:\Programmi\MyFolder", " c:\Programmi\MyFolder\a"
> it doens't work and the result is 4.
> 
> The following command is ok:
> revCopyFolder "c:\Programmi\MyFolder", " c:\Program Files\MyFolder\a"
> 
> Obviously it is not the same with XP.

Wow... didn't know that. The 'revCopyFolder' command uses the 
underlying 'xcopy' command-line program for doing the copying, so 
perhaps that is what's at fault in Vista.
 
> I would like to avoid the problems about the virtualstore location that you
> have explained in your post, by using C:\ as the default folder where the
> application is installed. Is it a good idea?

Good question - I don't think it's a "good" idea, but it gets the job 
done. Best would be to create your program with just a "stub" (also 
called "splash") executable (that all it does is launch and open 
another stack file on disk. This way, you can install your stub program 
in the Program Files folder, the rest of the running stack(s) that make 
up your program in the user's Application Data folder, and then save 
any data that the user generates into the user's Documents folder. 

What that translates to on XP and Vista is:

1) Main Executable Stub 
	Install Location:  specialFolderPath(38)
		Windows XP - C:\Program Files
		Windows Vista - C:\Program Files

2) Additional Program Stacks
	Install Location:  specialFolderPath(26)
		Windows XP - C:\Documents and Settings\Ken\Application Data
		Windows Vista - C:\Users\Ken\AppData\Roaming

3) Generated User Documents
	Install Location:  specialFolderPath(5)  [another form is 
specialFolderPath("documents")]
		Windows XP - C:\Documents and Settings\Ken\My Documents
		Windows Vista - C:\Users\Ken\Documents

If you don't already have this page bookmarked, I would suggest it:

	Tip file010: 'specialFolderPath' Codes
	http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/tips/file010.htm


Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/