Is there a tutorial on how to set up your options files and data files
for cross platform compatibility as to where to store them?
I have a simple program.... (for now hangman, others in the works)
but i want the user to be able to offer alternative data files.
Or where they upgrade data for global use, but if they didn't have read/write
then it would get stored in their local user folder.
I guess i need to know
1. Where is the Main application and it's installed files stored.
2. Where is the user's "home" directory. are there any routines out there
which already will return
these values regardless of platform?
3. i need a directory in the user's home directory for my files...
the xmlpropstorage creates a file where i would probably like to
create a directory (thought about letting it create it's file and then
just ask it for where it is).
4. global data updates.
i want to be able to have the program download updated datafiles and install
them for global usage...
is there any cross-platform way for me to do this?
Has anyone written a whitepaper / tutorial on this?
---dale
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