Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all users?

2015-07-10 Thread Bob Sneidar
h works in multi-user environments as on a private > single-user computer? > Tiemo > > > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag > von Peter TB Brett > Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Juli 2015 11:43 > An: How to us

Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all users?

2015-07-09 Thread Mike Bonner
..@lists.runrev.com] Im > Auftrag von Mike Bonner > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 9. Juli 2015 14:01 > An: How to use LiveCode > Betreff: Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all > users? > > Hmm, did you try to write to it? Its writeable to me from LC. I set the >

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2015-07-09 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
t- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Mike Bonner Gesendet: Donnerstag, 9. Juli 2015 14:01 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all users? Hmm, did you try to write to it? Its writeable to me from

Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all users?

2015-07-09 Thread Mike Bonner
ere isn't anymore any "all users" write directory for app data,. >> Tiemo >> >> >> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im >> Auftrag von Mike Bonner >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Juli 2015 14:47 &g

Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all users?

2015-07-09 Thread Mike Bonner
t; -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im > Auftrag von Mike Bonner > Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Juli 2015 14:47 > An: How to use LiveCode > Betreff: Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all > users? >

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2015-07-09 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Mike Bonner Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Juli 2015 14:47 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all users? you might try specialfolderpath("0x0023")

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2015-07-07 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
t; -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im > Auftrag von Peter TB Brett > Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Juli 2015 12:17 > An: How to use LiveCode > Betreff: Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all

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2015-07-07 Thread Klaus major-k
HI Tiemo, my reference for avaiable specialfolderpaths: The rest of the site isn’t bad either :-) > Am 07.07.2015 um 14:47 schrieb Mike Bonner : > > you might try specialfolderpath("0x0023") which is the common app data > folder. (

Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all users?

2015-07-07 Thread Mike Bonner
gliche Nachricht- > Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im > Auftrag von Peter TB Brett > Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Juli 2015 12:17 > An: How to use LiveCode > Betreff: Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all > users? > > On

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2015-07-07 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Thank you for your input! -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Peter TB Brett Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Juli 2015 12:38 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all users

Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all users

2015-07-07 Thread Peter TB Brett
On 2015-07-07 11:30, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: Thank you for your helpful thoughts. How would I differentiate the access to these two different option sets? On a private computer where the user usually is logged in as an admin I would have to offer both option sets. In a school, depending on the

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2015-07-07 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
. Juli 2015 12:17 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all users? On 2015-07-07 11:08, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: > Hi Peter, > > hmmm, never thought about that it could be a design fault. > > Beside real user based options I ke

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2015-07-07 Thread Peter TB Brett
On 2015-07-07 11:08, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: Hi Peter, hmmm, never thought about that it could be a design fault. Beside real user based options I keep some general options in my option file, like the path to video files, or a flag if the software should look automatically for updates. If I t

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2015-07-07 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
t Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Juli 2015 11:43 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all users? On 2015-07-07 10:12, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: > I have an option file, which should be read/writable for all users. Hi Tiemo, Please note that this goe

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2015-07-07 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
round. Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von G.W.Gaich Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Juli 2015 10:53 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all users? Hello Tiemo, you ca

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2015-07-07 Thread Peter TB Brett
On 2015-07-07 10:12, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: I have an option file, which should be read/writable for all users. Hi Tiemo, Please note that this goes against security best practice. Configuration files that are readable by all users should only be writable to privileged users, i.e. admini

Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all users?

2015-07-07 Thread G.W.Gaich
Hello Tiemo, you can use the public folder . Have a look here: http://www.7tutorials.com/what-public-folder-how-use-it (e.g. specialFolderPath("0x002E") is C:/Users/Public/Documents Best Günter Am 07.07.2015 um 10:12 schrieb Tiemo Hollmann TB: Hello, I have an option file, which should be r

Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all users?

2015-07-07 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hello, I have an option file, which should be read/writable for all users. The only path I found is specialFolderPath("sdat"), which is e.g. on Win 7 "C:\ProgramData" But this directory has write restrictions and usually, when updating a file in this directory it gets virtualized since Win Vista