Glenn L. Austin wrote > > Any suggestions on how to deal with shared application data when a > > program is running under a standard Vista user? > > >SharedApplicationData is "officially" only available on Windows >(although it should point somewhere in /Library on Mac OS X). >SharedDocuments may be a better cross-platform solution, but it's not >supported on Linux.
Glenn, that is not a problem. I would continue to save into the program's own folder for Mac. It is really only Windows Vista I am concerned about at present. > >I usually have my own "FolderLoc" module which provides full multi- >platform "special folders," but most of the time all that is >absolutely necessary are the Preferences folder and maybe the >Documents folder. Glenn would you be able to elaborate on this "FolderLoc" module? Problem is that Microsoft recommends using ProgramData folder on top level of System hard drive but REALbasic doesn't seem to support a method to access this folder easily. (Although perhaps I have missed something.) Karl -- _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
