I’m doing this on my own Mac, and I am an Admin.
Peter
> On Mar 27, 2019, at 11:29 PM, Phil Davis via use-livecode
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Is it possible you're running LC in a user account that doesn't have "admin"
> permissions? I suggest this because they are lab computers.
>
> You can check Apple menu > System Preferences > Users & Groups > [username]
> to find out.
>
> Phil Davis
>
>
> On 3/27/19 11:20 PM, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode wrote:
>> In attempting to create this folder in MacOS:
>>
>> put specialFolderpath("asup") & “/My Folder" into tURL
>>
>> [which yields tURL: /Library/Application Support/My Folder ]
>>
>> create folder tURL
>>
>> returns a result: can't create that directory
>>
>>
>> Why the error?
>>
>> Peter
>> ArtsInteractive
>>
>>
>>> On Mar 27, 2019, at 2:38 PM, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode
>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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
>>>>
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