I was seeking information about how to adapt MapBasic applications to be compliant with the Windows 2000 rules and conventions, and I received three responses.
Bill Wemple suggested a good starting point might be the 'Designed for XP' logo program that MapInfo used for MI Pro: http://www.microsoft.com/winlogo/software/default.mspx. It's a lot to read, but it looks like what I was searching for. Eric Blasenheim provided some more insight into the changes incorporated into MapInfo to meet the new requirements. He also reminded me of the LocateFile$() function which can be used to find the new locations of MapInfo support files. Regarding compliancy issues he writes: > In general, the changes we made were to make sure that MapInfo Professional could > run under a user account that was restricted. A restricted user would not have > rights to the "Program Files" folders, for example, so we had to move files to > locations under "Documents and Settings" where we were guaranteed that the user > would have write access. However, we had to go back on some of that and at least > allow other locations as too many MBX'es assumed that the PRJ, for instance, was in > the "ProgramDirectory$". That was OK because while it is nice to have users edit the > PRJ, Pro does not do it from the software. > > As for things like .INI and registry entries, there are no hard rules other than > editability. You can't use HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE for writing for the same reasons as > above. Peter Horsbøll Møller focused on the problem of where to place settings files for MBXes running in a server environment. He suggested using the GetFolderPath$() function with the FOLDER_MI_PREFERENCE parameter. I think I'd more likely use a mix of an application-specific folders under FOLDER_COMMON_APPDATA for settings all users need and FOLDER_LOCAL_APPDATA for settings specific to each user. If you want read his whole message send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and the MapInfo-L server will send you a copy. -- - Bill Thoen ------------------------------------------------------------ GISnet, 1401 Walnut St., Suite C, Boulder, CO 80302 tel: 303-786-9961, fax: 303-443-4856 http://www.gisnet.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 10207
