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

Mike Bonner bonnmike at gmail.com
Thu Jul 9 08:01:29 EDT 2015


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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