Thanks for all the feedback on this. Here is the code I came up with to set the
path for the preference file and create the folder if it didn't exist. Note I
didn't include a company folder in the path like Igor's example because
lcTaskList is not an executable but a plugin stack. You may want to include
that in your program.
if the platform is "MacOS" then put specialFolderPath("Home") &
"/Library/Application Support/lcTaskList/" into vLcTaskListPath
if the platform is "WIn32" then put specialFolderPath("0x001a") &
"/lcTaskList/" into vLcTaskListPath
if the platform is "Linux" then put specialFolderPath("Home") &
"/.lcTaskList/" into vLcTaskListPath
if there is not a folder vLcTaskListPath then create folder vLcTaskListPath
Bill Vlahos
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On Jun 16, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Igor de Oliveira Couto wrote:
> Hello, Bill,
>
> Not very long ago, I had the same question, and several users contributed
> their knowledge and experience in the different platforms, helping me compile
> an answer:
>
> On 17/06/2012, at 6:28 AM, Bill Vlahos wrote:
>
>> Where do folks put application specific preferences on Windows and LInux?
>
> The answer I compiled from all replies and pointers received was:
>
> 1) MacOS X
> Prefs Location: specialFolderPath("Home") & "/Library/Application
> Support/MyCompany/MyAppBundleID/" - - Apple requires you to use the
> application's bundle id for the *folder name*
>
> 2) Windows
> Prefs Location: specialFolderPath("0x001a") & "/MyApp/"
>
> 3) Linux
> Prefs Location: there does not seem to be a 'standard', but several programs
> seem to take the approach of creating a hidden folder in the user's home
> directory - specialFolderPath("Home") & "/.myapp/"
>
> 4) iOS
> Prefs Location: specialFolderPath("library") & "/MyAppBundleID/" - Apple
> requires you to use the application's bundle id for the *folder name*
>
> 5) Android
> Prefs Location: specialFolderPath("documents")
>
> The information above will help you find or create the appropriate directory
> in which to save your preferences file. The preferences file itself can be
> called pretty much anything you want, as there do not seem to be any strict
> guidelines in any current platform.
>
> I hope this information helps!
>
> --
> Igor Couto
> Sydney, Australia
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