On 21 Jun 2000, at 17:56, Hugh Senior wrote:
> >>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?
>
> Unless I'm missing the point, this is a non-question as Macs use
> Type/Creator resources in place of a Registry. Your standalone has a
> creator code (eg APPL/MCRD) and your files have a matching resource (eg
> MSTK/MCRD) built in. No need, therefore, for a Registry on a Mac; opening a
> file launches the matching application automatically.
>
You missed the point ;-). You're thinking of the Windows registry as a
mechanism for storing information on what application to use to launch a
certain file type. This is only one purpose of the Windows registry.
Application developers use it as a generally accessible database for storing
any type of (developer-defined!) information for an application. In my case, I
need to store the path to the installed application.
> /H
>
> Hugh Senior
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