Re: Specialfolderpath (26) and roaming

2010-04-19 Thread ron barber
Hi, At one point I thought this discussion was decided in favor of using specialfolderpath(35) rather than (26). If I remember, it had something to do with the way Win 7 handled installations. Is it better to use (26) or (35)? Thanks Ron On Apr 19, 2010, at 10:29 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

Re: Specialfolderpath (26) and roaming

2010-04-19 Thread David Glasgow
On 19 Apr 2010, at 1:30 pm, Jacqueline Landman Gay wrote: But it's inside your user folder. Pre-Vista, it points to the user data in application data, and Vista + it points to the user data in appdata/roaming. It's just a change in folder structure. Both places are the approved location

Re: Specialfolderpath (26) and roaming

2010-04-19 Thread J. Landman Gay
ron barber wrote: Hi, At one point I thought this discussion was decided in favor of using specialfolderpath(35) rather than (26). If I remember, it had something to do with the way Win 7 handled installations. Is it better to use (26) or (35)? It depends on what you want. Folder (26) points

Specialfolderpath (26) and roaming

2010-04-18 Thread David Glasgow
Hello folks, My platform specific saving data script now works fine thanks for the advice so far. However, I was thrown a bit because Specialfolderpath (26) on my Vista machine points to a folder /appdata/roaming As far as I can make out, if a user is logged into a server, this

Re: Specialfolderpath (26) and roaming

2010-04-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
David Glasgow wrote: Hello folks, My platform specific saving data script now works fine thanks for the advice so far. However, I was thrown a bit because Specialfolderpath (26) on my Vista machine points to a folder /appdata/roaming But it's inside your user folder. Pre-Vista, it