>Hi all,
>
>I want to have an Install program write a system setting that says where it
>installed the program to. On the Windows side, I'm using InstallShield to
>create a registry key entry as part of the installations routines. I can
>easily
>retrieve this key with MetaCard's queryRegistry function.
>
>Two questions on the Mac side
>1) Where would you store such information since there is no registry?
>2) What Installation packages has anyone used that would include this
>capability?
>
Usually, this kind of information is localised in the preference folder of
the system. But, unfortunately, MetaCard has no function to read/write in
the preference folder, and its effective name depends on the language
(Scott, what about this possibility ?)
Cheers
Herv�
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