A poor man's app updater

[J. Landman Gay]

Apple specifies that apps should store their app-related data in their own 
folder inside Application Support, where you will always have permissions. 
You can also store prefs in the Preferences folder but it's discouraged in 
favor of App Support. LC has specialFolderPath("support") for that which 
works for both Mac and Windows. It would match what you suggested.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On August 3, 2018 7:31:18 PM Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> So, to store and access LC stacks and other files used by myApp that must 
> be periodically updated, does it make sense to put them into
>
> macOS—Library/Application Support/myApp
> Win—user/AppData/myApp
>
> rather than in Applications or Program Files?
>
> Are there any restrictions or downside to this?
>
> Peter
>
>> On Aug 3, 2018, at 5:14 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode 
>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 8/3/2018 2:32 AM, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> To raise the issue again of updating Mac and Windows apps, I’m referencing 
>>> this thread between Graham and Jacqueline...
>>>
>>> Can existing files in the user’s application directory be 
>>> saved/modified/replaced by my application?
>>
>> The accurate answer is that it all depends upon the permissions of the
>> account running the software. Typically for most personal or home
>> computers, the user has administrative privs, but that is increasingly
>> not the case on university or company owned computers. On these, they
>> may not have permission to alter files in the Program Files (Win) or
>> Applications (OSX) folders.
>>
>> In some cases, again depending on OS and permissions, you can alter the
>> folders contents directly. In others you application must launch a
>> process (another app) with elevated privs, where the OS asks the user
>> for permissions for the elevated privs, and then that app (if allowed)
>> can make changes.
>>
>>
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