At 1:13 PM -0400 9/15/00, Mark R. Jonkman wrote:
>Hi Jake
>
> >
> > Hi Mark. I think you *may* be confusing the dswmedia folder with the
> > Prefs folder, which is used for getPref, setPref lingo. This 64kb
> > point at which you get a warning applies to getPref and setPref
> > lingo. When you use setPref, the text data gets written out to a
> > Prefs folder in the Shockwave 8 folder -- different than the dswmedia
> > folder.
> >
> > -Jake
> >
> >
> > Jake Sapirstein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>I stand corrected, but I could have swore there was a warning there too.
>Guess that's what I get for not trying it again. Sorry folks for the
>misinformation. by the way Jake, to answer the last part of the question is
>it possible to delete a file that one has stored in the dswmedia folder from
>a shockwave app.
Nope. "Safe" contexts can read in dswMedia, but cannot update
(create, write or delete). That's a job for an installer, or a safe
xtra which first solicits permission from the user. Hope this helps.
Jake Sapirstein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Developer Relations Lead
Director and Shockwave Engineering
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