You should provide a "dictionary manager" API w/in your
crosswords program where you list all dictionaries by
name and allow your users to delete them individually
there.
Take a look at how "Doc" manages multiple documents
which all have both the same creator (REAd) and the
same type (TEXt).
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-Richard M. Hartman
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186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric House [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> I'm shipping dictionary .pdb files with my Crosswords game. All have
> the same type and creator, but have different names. Programatically
> this is not a problem, but when users rely on the built-in launcher
> they think they have only one dictionary installed; and they can only
> delete all of them at once.
>
> Most users will have only one or two dictionaries. But a multilingual
> user (with a lot of free space :-) might have half a dozen. If the
> game catches on, I intend to "webify" the process of creating
> dictionaries so that users offended by the presence of "nasty" words,
> or seeking a custom dictionary of medical terms, or what have you,
> don't have to bug me all the time.
>
