Re: "do not back up" attribute iOS

2011-12-09 Thread ddas
Nothing dramatic if the following piece of code is incorporated. Listing 1 Setting the Extended Attribute #include - (BOOL)addSkipBackupAttributeToItemAtURL:(NSURL *)URL { const char* filePath = [[URL path] fileSystemRepresentation]; const char* attrName = "com.apple.MobileBackup";

Re: "do not back up" attribute iOS

2011-12-09 Thread François Chaplais
OK, I read the link. Interesting stuff, but I do not see anything dramatic. To me it seems there will be a flurry of app updates; I think the advent of iCloud is a major OS increment. I sympathize, you know. I have to reload all my Marvel Comics because of that, and I do not have WIFI at home (I

Re: "do not back up" attribute iOS

2011-12-09 Thread ddas
No one does it from last week on. I have one app in the store that does it. I have 2 rejections in the last week. And I am not the only one. http://www.chrisboyd.net/2011/11/icloud-and-the-new-ios-data-storage-guidelines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=icloud-and-the-new-ios-data-sto

Re: "do not back up" attribute iOS

2011-12-09 Thread François Chaplais
You CAN store persistent data. GoodReader does it, many others do it. What has change is that you must do it into the proper application directory and not in 'tmp' or 'cache' folders, which are obviously not right places for storing persistent data. François Le 9 déc. 2011 à 15:22, ddas a écrit

Re: "do not back up" attribute iOS

2011-12-09 Thread ddas
That is all history as far as Apple is concerned. Apple has started enforcing the 5.01 guidelines and is rejecting apps en masse. Any app that downloads data and wants it to persist is in for a nasty shock. Revolution as it stands now is a crippled tool for iOS. This is a critical fix. I am am

Re: "do not back up" attribute iOS

2011-12-09 Thread Michael Doub
Take a look at the specialFolderPath documentation. Location of file, controls backup. home - The (unique) folder containing the application bundle and its associated data and folders. documents - The folder in which the application should store any document data (this folder is backed up by

"do not back up" attribute iOS

2011-12-08 Thread ddas
Hi, Is there a way to set the file attributes of files in iOS to "do not back up". Thanks, Debdoot ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: ht