Thanks all! I’ll check these out. Peter
> On Mar 27, 2019, at 2:28 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
