Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all users?

Thu Jul 9 08:03:39 EDT 2015

Oh, and that folder DOES exist, and is not visualized, but its hidden
attribute is set.  One of the first things I do on my windows machines is
change settings so that extensions show, and hidden files show.

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 6:01 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hmm, did you try to write to it?  Its writeable to me from LC.  I set the
> folder to the specialfolder path, and popped some data into a file and it
> worked fine.  From my reading, that that is the folders purpose.
>
> If you notice when you check the properties of the folder, the "read only"
> is a greyed out (ok, blue'd out) box, not a check.  (DON'T change it!)
> meaning the folder itself is read only so you can't change it,but is
> actually writable.  If its checked, that sets the contents of the folder to
> read only.
> If the folder has been messed with, the only way to fix it is take the
> check out (so that the contents are not read only) and then set the read
> only attribute on the folder itself from the command line.
>
> By default though, the folder is set up correctly to be writable.
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 5:34 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB <toolbook at kestner.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mike,
>> just noticed, that specialfolderpath("0x0023") is the same as my up to
>> now used specialfolderpath("35"), which was on XP C:\Documents and
>> Settings\All Users\ApplicationData. On Win Vista and above this path
>> doesn't exists anymore and now is C:\ProgramData, which obviously hasn't
>> write permission anymore on all users and gets virtualized, when trying to
>> write to it.
>> So probably what Peter said, following the windows security guidelines,
>> there isn't anymore any "all users" write directory for app data,.
>> Tiemo
>>
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im
>> Auftrag von Mike Bonner
>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Juli 2015 14:47
>> An: How to use LiveCode
>> Betreff: Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all
>> users?
>>
>> you might try specialfolderpath("0x0023") which is the common app data
>> folder. (app data for all users).  I can't test on xp.  On vista/7 the
>> directory is c:\ProgramData On xp it should be c:\Documents and
>> Settings\All Users\ApplicationData
>>
>> You'll probably want to create a subfolder for your app of course.
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 4:30 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB <toolbook at kestner.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Thank you for your helpful thoughts.
>> >
>> > How would I differentiate the access to these two different option sets?
>> > On a private computer where the user usually is logged in as an admin
>> > I would have to offer both option sets. In a school, depending on the
>> > log-in the appropriate options. But I never have seen a chance in
>> > LiveCode to ask for the user privileges (on Win and Mac) to be able to
>> differentiate it.
>> > How is this usually be done?
>> > Tiemo
>> >
>> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> > Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im
>> > Auftrag von Peter TB Brett
>> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Juli 2015 12:17
>> > An: How to use LiveCode
>> > Betreff: Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all
>> > users?
>> >
>> > On 2015-07-07 11:08, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote:
>> > > Hi Peter,
>> > >
>> > > hmmm, never thought about that it could be a design fault.
>> > >
>> > > Beside real user based options I keep some general options in my
>> > > option file, like the path to video files, or a flag if the software
>> > > should look automatically for updates. If I think about schools,
>> > > where different users can log in the same computer, that’s why I
>> > > wanted to keep one option file for all users.
>> > >
>> > > But if I follow your hint, I would have to split this option file
>> > > into an "admin-options-file", which is only accessible for the admin
>> > > and a "user-options-file", which is stored in the user files.
>> > >
>> > > Would you agree to this approach or do you see a chance to keep a
>> > > single options file which works in multi-user environments as on a
>> > > private single-user computer?
>> >
>> > Yes, that would be exactly the way I would recommend to structure
>> things.
>> > You could think of it as follows:
>> >
>> > 1. Settings that relate to the way the program is installed on the
>> > system (e.g. the video files' path, or whether to install updates) --
>> > these are the "per-system" settings and should be controlled by the
>> > administrator only.
>> >
>> > 2. Settings that relate to the way the program is used (e.g. "enable
>> > the colour scheme for colour-blind users") -- these are the "per-user"
>> > settings and should be controlled (and stored) by each user.
>> >
>> > It is sometimes a little bit difficult to think about at first.
>> > However, dividing the settings in this way means that one user can't
>> > mess things up for another user, or interfere with settings that the
>> > system administrator has put in for a good reason. :-)
>> >
>> > The separation of "user" and "system" settings is the recommended way
>> > to structure things on most systems nowadays, especially Windows and
>> Linux.
>> >
>> > Don't forget that when you have a single-user computer, you can just
>> > treat it as a multi-user computer with one user!
>> >
>> >                                 Peter
>> >
>> > --
>> > Dr Peter Brett <peter.brett at livecode.com> LiveCode Engine Development
>> > Team
>> >
>> >
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