Hello, Bill,
Not very long ago, I had the same question, and several users contributed their
knowledge and experience in the different platforms, helping me compile an
answer:
On 17/06/2012, at 6:28 AM, Bill Vlahos wrote:
> Where do folks put application specific preferences on Windows and LInux?
The answer I compiled from all replies and pointers received was:
1) MacOS X
Prefs Location: specialFolderPath("Home") & "/Library/Application
Support/MyCompany/MyAppBundleID/" - - Apple requires you to use the
application's bundle id for the *folder name*
2) Windows
Prefs Location: specialFolderPath("0x001a") & "/MyApp/"
3) Linux
Prefs Location: there does not seem to be a 'standard', but several programs
seem to take the approach of creating a hidden folder in the user's home
directory - specialFolderPath("Home") & "/.myapp/"
4) iOS
Prefs Location: specialFolderPath("library") & "/MyAppBundleID/" - Apple
requires you to use the application's bundle id for the *folder name*
5) Android
Prefs Location: specialFolderPath("documents")
The information above will help you find or create the appropriate directory in
which to save your preferences file. The preferences file itself can be called
pretty much anything you want, as there do not seem to be any strict guidelines
in any current platform.
I hope this information helps!
--
Igor Couto
Sydney, Australia
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