At 12:22 -0500 02/22/2002, Kurt Griffin wrote:
>> Before you go any farther, it sounds like you don't need FileIO at
>> all. You should be able to do everyhting using setPref and getPref,
>> which have the added value of being Shockwave safe, so you can use it
>> in a browser setting, unlike FileIO.
>
>And the disadvantage of not working for an app running from a CD-ROM, as it
>creates a "prefs" folder in the directory your app is running from. "Do not
>use this command to write to read-only media. Depending on the platform and
>version of the operating system, you may encounter errors or other
>problems."
Ah yes, of course. I'd read a while back that the prefs are written
to the projector's temp folder in that case, which means of course
that they are deleted (theoretically) when the app exits and are, of
course, not usable again in any case.
However the original message was asking about using FileIO to write
data alongside the projector, which would imply that it wasn't a CD
release.
At least one would hope! ;)
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