You can write and copy files to the USERAPPDATA folder. On Vista this is usually C:\Users\Users Name\Application Data. On XP this is C:\Documents and Settings\Users Name\Application Data.
You can use the Windows API function SHGetSpecialFolderLocation with the parameter CSIDL_APPDATA to get the folder location. Create a folder under here to store your program and data if you wish. I converted to HTML help several years ago so this wasn't a problem for me. I had this suggested a few times by blind or visually impaired users as it's much more readable by a screen reader. You shouldn't need to purchase anything to do this except perhaps an HTML editor if you don't have one. Create HTML pages for your help using MS Frontpage, MS-Word, or any HTML editor. Download "HTML Help Workshop" from Microsoft. I remember a little learning curve with HTML Help Workshop making the forms HelpContext numbers map to an HTML document in the help. You need to create the Contents menu within the program. I didn't bother creating Indexes. I found a unit on the internet called UseHTML which you simply add to the mainform uses statement. Regards, Ross. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of CubicDesign Sent: Saturday, 21 July 2007 23:55 To: Borland's Delphi Discussion List Subject: Re: Problems while creating/running apps for Vista Hi Irwin. In my case, points 2), 3) and 4) creates a real disaster. 80-90% of my users are running under limited accounts. I never used an installer, just because of the 'admin rights' problem. I never stored information in registry, also because of the 'admin' problem. I installed the software on C:\xxx also because of the 'admin' problem. I even succeed to make a hardware based trial version (with hidden keys and files) without having problems on limited accounts. So my program was 'Ready for Windows XP' users with limited rights. I wonder what will happen now under Vista. ________ Irwin Scollar wrote: > I had a number of problems in porting my apps to Vista. > > 1) Help files for all applications had to be translated to HTML > (.chm) format, since Vista doesn't support the old (.hlp) format > without problems even when the updated version is downloaded and > installed by the user. > > 2) Rights have to be set correctly by the installation program on the > installation directory if anything is to be written there by > non-administrative users. > > 3) Nothing must touch anything but the Current_User key in the > registry except at installation time by a user with administrative rights. > > 4) Ini files must only be created and written to on directories to > which a non-administrative user has appropriate rights. Nothing can > be written to the Windows directory and to the partition on which it > resides without Vista either objecting or blocking the write. > > The ($SETPEFLAGS $20} option for addressing more than 2GB memory in > the .dpr under D7 caused a crash under Vista if the physical > address space is greater than 2GB. > > Vista x64 has it's own problems, primarily if pointers are typecast > to integer and the machine has more than 2GB of physical memory. > Cardinals had to be used instead for pointer arithmetic. But this > applied to XP x64 too. > > There are lots more, but those were the main changes I had to make in > my apps in Delphi 7. I didn't attempt to get Delphi 7 itself running > under Vista. If anyone has any experience with that, please describe > your experience, especially if you used MS's KB932246 two > compatibility routines for x32 and x64 Vista systems. > > Irwin Scollar > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
