Hi Peter and all, > Am 27.03.2019 um 22:04 schrieb Klaus major-k via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > > Hi Peter, > >> Am 27.03.2019 um 21:59 schrieb Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >> >> Hi, >> >> My application is being installed on Windows machines in a school lab. The >> admin is having trouble because I’m writing preference files to the >> Users\<user>\ folder and when another user logs in, the file is not >> available. This may be a problem in the future for Macs as well. These same >> preference files should be accessed by all users. >> >> The specialFolderPath functions don’t seem to have one for a root level >> Library/Preferences folder. Is there otherwise a best, or even workable >> practice for this scenario? > you could use these 2 undocumented specialfolderpath() codes for Windows: > -> specialFolderPath(35) -> prefs folder for ALL users > -> specialfolderpath(26) -> dito for the current user only!
please check Ken Ray's wonderful page with more helpful specialfolderpath() codes: <http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/livecode/tips/file010.htm> Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major-k.de _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
