LC application running on lab computers

[Phil Davis]

Hi Peter,

Is it possible you're running LC in a user account that doesn't have 
"admin" permissions? I suggest this because they are lab computers.

You can check Apple menu > System Preferences > Users & Groups > 
[username] to find out.

Phil Davis


On 3/27/19 11:20 PM, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode wrote:
> In attempting to create this folder in MacOS:
>
> put specialFolderpath("asup") & “/My Folder" into tURL
>
>       [which yields tURL: /Library/Application Support/My Folder ]
>
> create folder tURL
>
>       returns a result: can't create that directory
>
>
> Why the error?
>
> Peter
> ArtsInteractive
>
>
>> On Mar 27, 2019, at 2:38 PM, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks all! I’ll check these out.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>>> On Mar 27, 2019, at 2:28 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> These are the public ones on Win 10:
>>>
>>> 25 C:/Users/Public/Desktop
>>> 46 C:/Users/Public/Documents
>>> 53 C:/Users/Public/Music
>>> 54 C:/Users/Public/Pictures
>>> 55 C:/Users/Public/Videos
>>>
>>> Used this in the message box:
>>>
>>> put empty into msg;repeat with i = 1 to 100;if specialFolderPath(i) contains "public" then put i&&specialFolderPath(i) &cr after msg;end repeat
>>>
>>> Ralph DiMola
>>> IT Director
>>> Evergreen Information Services
>>> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Klaus major-k via use-livecode
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 5:04 PM
>>> To: How to use LiveCode
>>> Cc: Klaus major-k
>>> Subject: Re: LC application running on lab computers
>>>
>>> Hi Peter,
>>>
>>>> Am 27.03.2019 um 21:59 schrieb Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> My application is being installed on Windows machines in a school lab. The admin is having trouble because I’m writing preference files to the Users\<user>\ folder and when another user logs in, the file is not available. This may be a problem in the future for Macs as well. These same preference files should be accessed by all users.
>>>>
>>>> The specialFolderPath functions don’t seem to have one for a root level Library/Preferences folder. Is there otherwise a best, or even workable practice for this scenario?
>>> you could use these 2 undocumented specialfolderpath() codes for Windows:
>>> -> specialFolderPath(35) -> prefs folder for ALL users
>>> -> specialfolderpath(26) -> dito for the current user only!
>>>
>>> Not sure this is still working on Win 10, but worth a try. :-) Check this in the IDE with the messagebox:
>>> put specialFolderPath(35)
>>>
>>>> Peter Bogdanoff
>>>> ArtsInteractive
>>> Best
>>>
>>> Klaus
>>>
>>> --
>>> Klaus Major
>>> http://www.major-k.de
>>> klaus at major-k.de
>>>
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