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 > <[email protected]> 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 >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks all! I’ll check these out. >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> >>>> On Mar 27, 2019, at 2:28 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode >>>> <[email protected]> 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 >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: use-livecode [mailto:[email protected]] 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 >>>>> <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>> 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 >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > -- > Phil Davis > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
