AW: special folders

[Tiemo Hollmann TB]

Hi David, there is one thing you also have to be aware of in Vista. With the
delivery settings of Vista the user dir /AppData is hidden. So if your user
should have access to what you are storing you either have to create a new
folder in the user dir or the user has to switch OFF the folder display
option "don't show hidden folders" (or whatever it is named in the English
version)
Just FYI
Tiemo

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> Von: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution-
> bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Eric Chatonet
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. Oktober 2008 13:57
> An: How to use Revolution
> Betreff: Re: special folders
> 
> Bonjour David,
> 
> You should have a look at Ken's tips:
> http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/tips/file010.htm
> (specialFolderPath' Codes)
> http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/tips/env007.htm (Vista
> "Gotchas" You Should Know About)
> 
> Le 30 oct. 08 à 13:02, David Glasgow a écrit :
> 
> > I am attempting to make a rev project Vista compatible.  The main
> > problem is determining where special folders are, and what they are
> > best used for.  I want to store a stack which will hold assessment
> > results for all users.  Thus there must be no permissions problems
> > for any level of user to read from or write to this file.
> >
> > Problems with OSX and specialfolderpath have been reported for a
> > while on 2.9, and I am afraid it still gives me an 'execution
> > error' using 3.0 on OSX both in IDE and application, whilst the
> > same stack works fine as a standalone in XP.  A bit disappointing,
> > but since the problem I am trying to fix is on Windows, not a
> > disaster.
> >
> > So, on Windows, I had expected to use the vanilla rev
> > specialfolderpath syntax, but it seems to me I may need to use
> > CDISLs, or can I just test that absolute paths to the appropriate
> > folder exist as expected?
> >
> > I had hoped to use C:documents and settings\all users\documents but
> > this doesn't exist on Vista.
> >
> > I can see that for XP most program data is stored in C:documents
> > and settings\all users\application data
> >
> > In Vista, this exists as a virtualised folder/shortcut which
> > redirects to C:programdata
> >
> > Neither directory is listed on the specialfolderpath page in the
> > Rev guide.   For some users these folders are hidden, but I have
> > tested read write privileges and that seems to be OK for ordinary
> > users and even guests, whether or not the folder is visible.   Am I
> > on the right lines with respect to the location?  Am I OK to use
> > the XP form and rely on the Vista folder virtualisation, or do I
> > need to write separate routines for the two OSs, and use CDISL
> > numbers?
> >
> > Alternatively, is there a better location for assessment results to
> > be read from/written to?  I looked at the new 'public' folder in
> > Vista, but it seems that by default this isn't public (or at least
> > not on the machine I investigated), and has very confusing
> > permissions.
> >
> > Finally, what is the syntax for the CDISL version of
> > specialfolder?  I can't see an example, and using Rev Studio on Mac
> > means it is very difficult to experiment.
> >
> > OH, just had another thought.  I was exploring Vista Business.
> > Will this sort of thing vary in the other versions?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > David Glasgow
> 
> Best regards from Paris,
> Eric Chatonet.
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