Hear, hear. I can only agree with you, Bill. When I started creating MapBasic applications I always placed the setup files with the application, but soon people were asking for a server solution where the application was located on a server and these setup files should be user specific. So I simply used the HomeDirectory$() as a simple solution.
But now on many computer the HomeDirectory$() is a sacred placed were the simple users not are allowed to change an existing or create a new file. I guess one of these locations would be the best place to store these setup files, but which ?? GetFolderPath$() Define FOLDER_MI_APPDATA -1 Define FOLDER_MI_LOCAL_APPDATA -2 Define FOLDER_MI_PREFERENCE -3 MY BEST GUESS !! Define FOLDER_APPDATA 26 Define FOLDER_LOCAL_APPDATA 28 Define FOLDER_COMMON_APPDATA 35 Define FOLDER_COMMON_DOCS 46 Define FOLDER_MYDOCS 5 Define FOLDER_MYPICS 39 Do someone have a better guess or knowledge?? Best regards, Peter Horsb�ll M�ller COWI A/S -----Original Message----- From: Bill Thoen Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20-01-04 18:31 Subject: MI-L Windows 2000 compliancy (was MI-L Custom Symbols) "Bagwell, Ross" wrote: > It isn't that MapInfo 7 doesn't automatically recognize the CustSymb folder, it is that the CustSymb folder has been moved due to Windows 2000 compliancy. Anyone know where to find a list of "Windows 2000 compliancy" rules? I'm particularly interested in how developers are supposed to use system and user folders nowadays. For example, when building an mbx application, I'm finding that I have to be more aware of multi-user issues and folder/file security privileges. I'd like to know the official doctrine on how and when I use the user's My Documents folder, ini files, registry, etc. -- - Bill Thoen ------------------------------------------------------------ GISnet, 1401 Walnut St., Suite C, Boulder, CO 80302 tel: 303-786-9961, fax: 303-443-4856 http://www.gisnet.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 10009
