I am attempting to make a rev project Vista compatible. The main
problem is determining where special folders are, and what they are
best used for. I want to store a stack which will hold assessment
results for all users. Thus there must be no permissions problems
for any level of user to read from or write to this file.
Problems with OSX and specialfolderpath have been reported for a
while on 2.9, and I am afraid it still gives me an 'execution error'
using 3.0 on OSX both in IDE and application, whilst the same stack
works fine as a standalone in XP. A bit disappointing, but since the
problem I am trying to fix is on Windows, not a disaster.
So, on Windows, I had expected to use the vanilla rev
specialfolderpath syntax, but it seems to me I may need to use
CDISLs, or can I just test that absolute paths to the appropriate
folder exist as expected?
I had hoped to use C:documents and settings\all users\documents but
this doesn't exist on Vista.
I can see that for XP most program data is stored in C:documents and
settings\all users\application data
In Vista, this exists as a virtualised folder/shortcut which
redirects to C:programdata
Neither directory is listed on the specialfolderpath page in the Rev
guide. For some users these folders are hidden, but I have tested
read write privileges and that seems to be OK for ordinary users and
even guests, whether or not the folder is visible. Am I on the
right lines with respect to the location? Am I OK to use the XP form
and rely on the Vista folder virtualisation, or do I need to write
separate routines for the two OSs, and use CDISL numbers?
Alternatively, is there a better location for assessment results to
be read from/written to? I looked at the new 'public' folder in
Vista, but it seems that by default this isn't public (or at least
not on the machine I investigated), and has very confusing permissions.
Finally, what is the syntax for the CDISL version of specialfolder?
I can't see an example, and using Rev Studio on Mac means it is very
difficult to experiment.
OH, just had another thought. I was exploring Vista Business. Will
this sort of thing vary in the other versions?
Thanks
David Glasgow
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