ini file question on the Mac

[mfstuart]

Hi Phil, thanx for your reply.

But, is this a Mac OS policy that a preference file has to go into this
...appPrefs/ folder?
Or can the preference file reside with the application?

You see, I don't have a Mac to know these things.
I'll have to get with a friend who has one.

Regards,
Mark Stuart



Phil Davis-5 wrote:
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> mfstuart wrote:
>> Hi Mark,
>> Yes, I need to store preferences for an application on any of the Mac OS
>> versions.
>> This application is a single user standalone application.
>> So I would need to know the path and filename extension for this
>> preferences
>> file.
>>   
> 
> In Rev, this should give it to you:
> 
>   put specialFolderPath("Preferences") "/appPrefs" into tMyPrefsFile
>  
> AFAIK, any (or no) file extension can be used... but there may be a 
> preferred extension that I'm ignorant of. You might take a look in the 
> folder whose path is returned and see what is used by others.
> 
> Also, Ken Ray has a very nice list of specialFolderPath() values that 
> will take you pretty much wherever you want to go in the OS:
> 
> http://sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/tips/file010.htm
> 
> HTH -
> Phil Davis
> 
>> On Windows, I would typically put this preferences file in the same
>> folder
>> as the executable.
>> Filename: appname.ini
>> Would I assume the same on Mac?
>> Filename: appname.???  --this is where I need the correct filename
>> extension
>> for the Mac OS.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mark Stuart
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Schonewille-3 wrote:
>>   
>>> Hi Mark,
>>>
>>> This is not the right question. What do you want to achieve?
>>>
>>> Do you want to store user settings? Do so in a preferences file in ~/ 
>>> user/library/preferences.
>>>
>>> Do you want tweak how the OS deals with your standalone? Plist might  
>>> be your friend.
>>>
>>> Want to store some default settings for when the application is  
>>> launched for the first time? Why not simply a custom property?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Mark Schonewille
>>>
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>>> On 11 aug 2008, at 17:47, mfstuart wrote:
>>>
>>>     
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Please excuse my Mac ignorance as I'm a totally Windows guy, but...
>>>>
>>>> As is an ini file for a Windows application, so is a ??? file on the  
>>>> Mac OS.
>>>> Could someone help me by "filling in" the ??? blank for the Mac OS?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Mark Stuart
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