I'm after the information configured by doing this in MapInfo: Options > Preferences... > Directories...
Hex editing? There's a first time for everything I s'pose... > -----Original Message----- > From: Simmonds, Ashley (PTB) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 29 November 2002 11:44 > To: Stuart Jones > Subject: RE: MI-L Reading MapInfo preferences programmatically > > > aah, found it, under C:\WINNT\... > > i don't have a hex editor on this machine, but it looks like > a standard data > output file, 256 bytes per record. > > it appears to contain the MRU (recently used) list, and maybe > some other > stuff. but i don't know about user-specific directory structures. > > do you mean like where people save stuff or their personal > tools/addins and > things like that? > > ash > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stuart Jones > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 29 November 2002 10:03 PM > To: Simmonds, Ashley (PTB) > Subject: RE: MI-L Reading MapInfo preferences programmatically > > > Hmm, good assumption. The .PRF is indeed located [at werst] in: > > Drive:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application > Data\MapInfo\MapInfo\ > > But it ain't a text file :( > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Simmonds, Ashley (PTB) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 29 November 2002 11:24 > To: 'Mapinfo List (E-mail)' > Subject: RE: MI-L Reading MapInfo preferences programmatically > > > perhaps i'm naive, but i haven't come across this file. > > i would assume such information is stored within the > registry, or at werst > under: > "Drive:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local > Settings\Blah.BLH". > > but that's a another different kettle of a horse coloured fish. > > ash > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stuart Jones > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 29 November 2002 9:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: MI-L Reading MapInfo preferences programmatically > > > Greetings > > Anyone know the record structure of the MAPINFOW.PRF > preference file (where > various user-specific directory information is held)? I'd > like to be able to > obtain certain information from this file programmatically. > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > Stuart Jones. > > Aligned Assets > Bradstone Brook > Christmas Hill > Shalford > Surrey > GU4 8HR > > +44 (0)1483 469 400 > www.aligned-assets.co.uk > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 4340 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 4343
