Thanks Warrick! Warrick Wilson wrote: > You might want to look at this link > http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?design.4.507980 for a > discussion of Vista support. I’m sure Microsoft’s site has some best > practices information, too.
I have a difficult time browsing Microsoft's site - I'm using Netscape and they have special code which requires using IE - so I just can't follow a link from an email. > Also, search for CSIDL_APPDATA and SHGetFolderPath – I’m not sure > whether you’ll have problems trying to write this stuff on D5 and Win98. I think you are correct. Neither of those API calls exist in my version of the SDK. > You can decide whether to save your data on a “per machine” basis (all > users of your program on that machine share the same data) or a “per > user” basis (each user of your program has his/her own version of data). > That’s part of what that first link refers to. I finally got to try a Vista machine, and my program runs fine if installed to a user folder like: c:\somename\my program But the screens look terrible. Much too 'white-ish' looking and the fonts look bad too. I have much work ahead of me as well as getting a new version of Delphi. Marie > See also http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480150.aspx, > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905330.aspx, and > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=BA73B169-A648-49AF-BC5E-A2EEBB74C16B&displaylang=en > > <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=BA73B169-A648-49AF-BC5E-A2EEBB74C16B&displaylang=en> > > for Microsoft’s description on where things should go. > > > > From: advanced_delphi@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marie F Vihonsky > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 1:35 PM > To: Advance Delphi > Subject: [advanced_delphi] Re-Writing for Vista > > > > Hi All, > > I have just gotten the first glitches with Vista from users and it > involves the logic for writing to the databases and indexs. I'm still > of the old DOS mindset and a self-taught programmer. I have all my > files located under the main folder where the program is installed and > using Inno-Setup, I have the user install to: > c:\program files\myprogram > > Using Delphi 5, I can determine if the user has installed the program > somewhere else by determining where the EXE is located using this code: > exepath:=ExtractFilePath(Application.ExeName); > datapath := exepath + 'data\'; > if not DirectoryExists(datapath) then > if not CreateDir(datapath) then begin > raise Exception.Create('Cannot create '+ datapath); > exit; > end; > mdxpath := exepath + 'indexs\'; > if not DirectoryExists(mdxpath) then > if not CreateDir(mdxpath) then begin > raise Exception.Create('Cannot create '+ mdxpath); > exit; > end; > > Under Vista, I understand that this is a NO-NO since it requires write > permission from the Administer. Now my Users are all individual HOME > users, who are the Admins and don't know how to set-up their pc's to run > the program they way it did under all previous versions of Windows. > > I'm at a loss, since I don't have a PC with Vista. Soon to be rectified > before I go nuts trying to answer questions from my users! > > Meanwhile, how should I re-write my programs? Where can I write from the > program so that the user doesn't need Admin privileges and how do I > determine the folder name? > > Visit Your Group > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/advanced_delphi;_ylc=X3oDMTJkaXN0c2NvBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzM4NDYzMzgEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MTE1MzYyBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2hwZgRzdGltZQMxMTg2MjA4MTQw> > > | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> | Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/advanced_delphi/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/advanced_delphi/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
