On May 13, 2007, at 11:15 PM, Karl Holmes wrote: > Glenn L. Austin wrote >>> Any suggestions on how to deal with shared application data when a >>> program is running under a standard Vista user? >> >> >> SharedApplicationData is "officially" only available on Windows >> (although it should point somewhere in /Library on Mac OS X). >> SharedDocuments may be a better cross-platform solution, but it's not >> supported on Linux. > > Glenn, that is not a problem. I would continue to save into the > program's own folder for Mac. It is really only Windows Vista I am > concerned about at present.
Personally, I use SharedDocuments for both Windows and Mac. >> I usually have my own "FolderLoc" module which provides full multi- >> platform "special folders," but most of the time all that is >> absolutely necessary are the Preferences folder and maybe the >> Documents folder. > > Glenn would you be able to elaborate on this "FolderLoc" module? > > Problem is that Microsoft recommends using ProgramData folder on top > level of System hard drive but REALbasic doesn't seem to support a > method to access this folder easily. (Although perhaps I have missed > something.) All it is is a way to "fill out" the matrix of special folders. For example, on Linux there's no Preferences folder, so I provide one. Also, if I know that I'm going to want more than one file in Preferences, I can create a subfolder with the returned Preferences SpecialFolder on Mac and Windows. -- Glenn L. Austin <>< Computer Wizard and Race Car Driver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.austin-home.com/glenn/> _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
