On 27 Apr 2002, at 3:29, Philip Aker wrote: > On Friday, April 26, 2002, at 12:44 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > I still do not know for certain if the OS (Mac OS or OS X) has > > system variables for the Application and Documents folders, or > > if they are hard-wired into the system (and created with those > > names and those names only). > > The standard calls are FindFolder(), FindFolderExtended(), > FindFolderEx(), FSFindFolder(), and FSFindFolderExtended().
My last two questions on the subject: Is it both the relative location and the name of the folder that are variable? That is, you can put the folder that serves the function of the applications folder anywhere, but can it also have any name you want, such as "Programs?" Is there a user interface provided to the user to alter these settings? One of the things that I think never really got spelled out that was a point of confusion was that I was talking not about the required installation location, or the required location where documents (or whatever) *must* be saved, but about the setting for the default location for these folders. That is, my default applications folder is D:\Programs, but I can install a program anywhere I like, if the application installer allows me the choice (and I can't recall ever encountering one that did not), and my default documents folder is E:\Data, but I can save a document anywhere I choose. I believe that there was some confusion over this as the discussion unfolded, with many offering the ability to put the apps/documents anywhere you want as the equivalent of having system settings for the default locations. -- David W. Fenton | http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates | http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
