LC application running on lab computers

[Peter Bogdanoff]

I’m doing this on my own Mac, and I am an Admin.

Peter

> On Mar 27, 2019, at 11:29 PM, Phil Davis via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>>>> 
>>>> --
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>>>> http://www.major-k.de
>>>> klaus at major-k.de
>>>> 
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