Martin Baxter wrote:
Like Hypercard's "magic" password, that nobody thought to
tell Phil Schiller about.
Is that the one that builds rolodex stack automatically? ;)
Or the one that spreads rumors about HyperCard's demise that the CEO
says are wrong?
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Managing Editor, revJ
Richard Gaskin wrote:
Martin Baxter wrote:
Perhaps it might be workable to make it a user preference whether your
app makes registry entries for its file extensions or not.
User-mindset would be an issue to be considered, but this is by no
means unheard-of, and I think this is what I would pe
Martin Baxter wrote:
Perhaps it might be workable to make it a user preference whether your
app makes registry entries for its file extensions or not. User-mindset
would be an issue to be considered, but this is by no means unheard-of,
and I think this is what I would personally prefer from an
Richard Gaskin wrote:
Chipp Walters wrote:
Richard Gaskin wrote:
And if we do ignore that for portable apps, assuming we'd like to
ship a single app for both portable and installed use, how can we
know we're running installed so that we could write the file
association entry to the regist
Chipp-
Thursday, November 3, 2005, 10:33:33 PM, you wrote:
> Well then Mark, are you going to share it? ;-)
The source is in the sdk. Do you need the compiled dll? I can't post
it to the list or to revonline...
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Well then Mark, are you going to share it? ;-)
Richard Gaskin wrote:
Small matter at this point: Mark Weider slugged it out with the
externals SDK and sent me the compiled DLL he's been talking about.
Works a treat.
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Chipp Walters wrote:
Alternatively, I could safely provide that for 95% of my customers by
writing the reg entry only when the boot volume is the same as the
volume the app is running on.
Richard,
For some darn reason I buy a lot of Windows computers. You'd be
surprised how many have a sma
Richard Gaskin wrote:
Alternatively, I could safely provide that for 95% of my customers by
writing the reg entry only when the boot volume is the same as the
volume the app is running on.
Richard,
For some darn reason I buy a lot of Windows computers. You'd be
surprised how many have a s
Mark Wieder wrote:
Again, there's an external call in the sdk to do this. There's a Win32
API call named GetDriveType() that returns DRIVE_REMOVABLE for
removable drives. Including USB flash drives. I doubt this can be done
without an external call, short of seeing if a write works.
Looks like
Chipp Walters wrote:
Richard Gaskin wrote:
And if we do ignore that for portable apps, assuming we'd like to ship
a single app for both portable and installed use, how can we know
we're running installed so that we could write the file association
entry to the registry as customers would ex
Andre Garzia wrote:
does anyone know if autorun.inf will work on usb drives?
Not normally, but a consortium of USB vendors at U3.org has developed a
way to partition a USB drive to trick the OS into thinking one of its
partitions is a CD-ROM, so now that security hole can be exploited by
USB
Chipp-
Thursday, November 3, 2005, 12:50:36 PM, you wrote:
> PS I've asked Chris about how to figure out the removable drive thing on
> XP w/out vbs...He's processing...(unfortunately, I'm using Chris 1.0,
> the 2.0 version *still* hasn't been released).
Again, there's an external call in the sd
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 14:27:29 -0800
Trevor DeVore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Nov 3, 2005, at 2:15 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> > We could, but it obviates the biggest benefit of the file-type
> > association: being able to launch the app by double-clicking a
> > document.
>
> True, you wou
Richard Gaskin wrote:
And if we do ignore that for portable apps, assuming we'd like to ship a
single app for both portable and installed use, how can we know we're
running installed so that we could write the file association entry to
the registry as customers would expect for a hard-drive-
On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:19:36 -0800
Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Garrett R. Hylltun wrote:
> > Actually, running apps from removable devices is far more common
> > and growing in popularity.
>
> How do other portable apps handle the customary behavior of being able
> to launch an
Err..
Folks...
it is possible, but it is horrible™
From Microsoft USB FAQ: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/
usbfaq.mspx
--- blurb ---
The Autorun capabilities are restricted to CD-ROM drives and fixed
disk drives. If you need to make a USB storage device perform
Autorun, the
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 20:24:43 -0200
Andre Garzia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> does anyone know if autorun.inf will work on usb drives?
It will not work with all removable devices. When I did my work related to
this, my very own iPod Mini would not work with the autorun.inf, even though I
had wi
On Nov 3, 2005, at 2:15 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
We could, but it obviates the biggest benefit of the file-type
association: being able to launch the app by double-clicking a
document.
True, you would only get double-click, icon associations, etc. while
the app was running.
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Trevor D
Andre Garzia wrote:
does anyone know if autorun.inf will work on usb drives?
Last I checked, it didn't.
-Chipp
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On Nov 3, 2005, at 8:19 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
Garrett R. Hylltun wrote:
> Actually, running apps from removable devices is far more common
> and growing in popularity.
How do other portable apps handle the customary behavior of being
able to launch an app by double-clicking one of its do
Garrett R. Hylltun wrote:
> Actually, running apps from removable devices is far more common
> and growing in popularity.
How do other portable apps handle the customary behavior of being able
to launch an app by double-clicking one of its documents? Or it is
considered acceptable to blow that
Trevor DeVore wrote:
On Nov 3, 2005, at 2:05 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
With Rev's ability to read and write the Windows directory, it would
be simple enough to make the registry entries for the file type
association. But for true portability this should not happen when
running from a re
On Nov 3, 2005, at 2:05 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
With Rev's ability to read and write the Windows directory, it
would be simple enough to make the registry entries for the file
type association. But for true portability this should not happen
when running from a removable drive, the goal
Chipp Walters wrote:
Richard Gaskin wrote:
The only downside to self-contained apps is that there's no file-type
association present in the host system's registry, so documents must
be opened from within the app rather than double-clicked. But this
factor is independent of any method used
Actually, running apps from removable devices is far more common and growing in
popularity.
I myself had written a few apps in my Windows days to run off of my iPod Mini.
As well, I also had Firefox, Thunderbird, Nvu and several other programs setup
on my iPod Mini.
I can't speak for OSX, bu
Richard Gaskin wrote:
The only downside to self-contained apps is that there's no file-type
association present in the host system's registry, so documents must be
opened from within the app rather than double-clicked. But this factor
is independent of any method used to determine what type
Chipp Walters wrote:
Hmm,
I'm probably just coming late to the party.
But, you say:
"If an app can't write to its own directory, it must be installed on the
hard drive and not running from a removable device." <-- TRUE (unless
it's on a CD-ROM or the removable device is LOCKED)
of course the
OK,
I'm caught up now and get what you're doing. Sorry for wasting bandwidth
on the list.
You're right, using an environment variable can help manage the user
prefs. Overall, I like the idea of just putting stuff in the same folder
as the app, for portability reasons. But, it does present a
Hmm,
I'm probably just coming late to the party.
But, you say:
"If an app can't write to its own directory, it must be installed on the
hard drive and not running from a removable device." <-- TRUE (unless
it's on a CD-ROM or the removable device is LOCKED)
of course the inverse isn't true:
Chipp Walters wrote:
Yep, how would you account for different users having different prefs if
you store the prefs only in the Program Files folder? Of course, if
that's not a concern, then _fire away_ !
How many different users would be running the app from the same
removable device?
If ins
Chipp Walters wrote:
Richard,
In many situations with managed clients using active directory domains,
writing to the 'Programs Folder' is *not permitted*. This is
particularly a problem in Enterprise and can also be a problem for
'Guest' users.
That is the reason why I use the AppPath or th
Yep, how would you account for different users having different prefs if
you store the prefs only in the Program Files folder? Of course, if
that's not a concern, then _fire away_ !
Richard Gaskin wrote:
Could there be a downside to writing prefs or other such app-managed
data to a folder eit
Richard,
In many situations with managed clients using active directory domains,
writing to the 'Programs Folder' is *not permitted*. This is
particularly a problem in Enterprise and can also be a problem for
'Guest' users.
That is the reason why I use the AppPath or the UserPath method.
be
X, We Mac OSX users don't need to run ANY antivirus software, if
we're on a router-buffered LAN. It's just not an issue. I don't know
what they would protect us from...
And yes all 4 of my G4's are on an internet-connected lan.
I gave up on Symantic/Norton for disk repair about 4 years ago. Ju
(an OT, musing response:) Interesting. A year or so ago, on a Python
list, because I was trying to write a my0wnData file (for the
program, not the user), I asked how to find out what "the program's
own folder" *was*. On OS X it's weird; the "own folder" turns out to
be inside the applica
Ken,
At work we use etrust, CAVA (for emc systems) and sophos and never get
these issues!!!
I've thrown away Norton long ago because it's such an intrusive
over-simplistic application without
much choice of what i could or wanted to be done.
Not to mention the email slowdowns with dialog int
On 11/3/05 1:29 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ken, Richard,
>
> it's true it's open for discussion but in general, programs that write
> prefs to the same app folder have
> the advantage that they can be moved anywhere later by the user.
>
> The registry is practical in ca
Ken, Richard,
it's true it's open for discussion but in general, programs that write
prefs to the same app folder have
the advantage that they can be moved anywhere later by the user.
The registry is practical in case you want to update with an installer so
it's easy to see where the
app was i
On 11/2/05 11:42 PM, "Richard Gaskin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Could there be a downside to writing prefs or other such app-managed
> data to a folder either within or at the same level as our program's
> folder if we have permissions to do so?
Not that I can see - especially in Windows where
How to use Revolution
Sent: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 21:42:36 -0800
Subject: Re: checking removable drives
Ken et al -
I appreciate the thought that y'all put into trying to solve this, but
in brainstorming with Paul Looney and Bill Vlahos, each of them
independently hit on a similar possible so
Ken et al -
I appreciate the thought that y'all put into trying to solve this, but
in brainstorming with Paul Looney and Bill Vlahos, each of them
independently hit on a similar possible solution. The only problem is
that it's so simple it feels like cheating. :)
Keeping our focus on the go
On 11/2/05 7:43 PM, "Buster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As you didn't mention which info you exactly need,
> this call can help you get the info of all devices for starter:
>
> put shell("diskutil list")
Yes, and after checking, you can do this:
on mouseUp
put isRemovable("USB DIS
Hi,
As you didn't mention which info you exactly need,
this call can help you get the info of all devices for starter:
put shell("diskutil list")
Greetings,
Wouter
On 01 Nov 2005, at 22:22, Richard Gaskin wrote:
I'd like to be able to determine if an app is running from a
removable driv
Richard-
Tuesday, November 1, 2005, 1:22:08 PM, you wrote:
> I'd like to be able to determine if an app is running from a removable
> drive.
> I've found that on OS X I can call system_profiler from shell, but it
> takes between 2 and 4 seconds on my 1GHz PB.
> And I've found no solution at all
I'd like to be able to determine if an app is running from a removable
drive.
I've found that on OS X I can call system_profiler from shell, but it
takes between 2 and 4 seconds on my 1GHz PB.
And I've found no solution at all for Windows.
While we're waiting for implementation of BZ#101 fro
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