Where do you save preferences?

[Bill Vlahos]

Thanks for all the feedback on this. Here is the code I came up with to set the path for the preference file and create the folder if it didn't exist. Note I didn't include a company folder in the path like Igor's example because lcTaskList is not an executable but a plugin stack. You may want to include that in your program.

   if the platform is "MacOS" then put specialFolderPath("Home") & "/Library/Application Support/lcTaskList/" into vLcTaskListPath
   if the platform is "WIn32" then put specialFolderPath("0x001a") & "/lcTaskList/" into vLcTaskListPath
   if the platform is "Linux" then put specialFolderPath("Home") & "/.lcTaskList/" into vLcTaskListPath
   if there is not a folder vLcTaskListPath then create folder vLcTaskListPath

Bill Vlahos
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On Jun 16, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Igor de Oliveira Couto wrote:

> Hello, Bill,
> 
> Not very long ago, I had the same question, and several users contributed their knowledge and experience in the different platforms, helping me compile an answer:
> 
> On 17/06/2012, at 6:28 AM, Bill Vlahos wrote:
> 
>> Where do folks put application specific preferences on Windows and LInux?
> 
> The answer I compiled from all replies and pointers received was:
> 
> 1) MacOS X
> Prefs Location: specialFolderPath("Home") & "/Library/Application Support/MyCompany/MyAppBundleID/" - - Apple requires you to use the application's bundle id for the *folder name*
> 
> 2) Windows
> Prefs Location: specialFolderPath("0x001a") & "/MyApp/"
> 
> 3) Linux
> Prefs Location: there does not seem to be a 'standard', but several programs seem to take the approach of creating a hidden folder in the user's home directory - specialFolderPath("Home") & "/.myapp/"
> 
> 4) iOS
> Prefs Location: specialFolderPath("library") & "/MyAppBundleID/" - Apple requires you to use the application's bundle id for the *folder name*
> 
> 5) Android
> Prefs Location: specialFolderPath("documents")
> 
> The information above will help you find or create the appropriate directory in which to save your preferences file. The preferences file itself can be called pretty much anything you want, as there do not seem to be any strict guidelines in any current platform.
> 
> I hope this information helps!
> 
> --
> Igor Couto
> Sydney, Australia