These are the public ones on Win 10: 25 C:/Users/Public/Desktop 46 C:/Users/Public/Documents 53 C:/Users/Public/Music 54 C:/Users/Public/Pictures 55 C:/Users/Public/Videos
Used this in the message box: put empty into msg;repeat with i = 1 to 100;if specialFolderPath(i) contains "public" then put i&&specialFolderPath(i) &cr after msg;end repeat Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -----Original Message----- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Klaus major-k via use-livecode Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 5:04 PM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: Klaus major-k Subject: Re: LC application running on lab computers 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! Not sure this is still working on Win 10, but worth a try. :-) Check this in the IDE with the messagebox: put specialFolderPath(35) > Peter Bogdanoff > ArtsInteractive 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 _______________________________________________ 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
