I think it's OK if you haven't got a sandbox situation to deal with, but I'm not 100% sure - but a quick experiment would prove it. I can do this, but not right now, so maybe it's better to experiment yourself.
Cheers Graham On 28 Feb 2013, at 18:57, Thomas McGrath III wrote: > Graham, > > Thanks for the reply.I was looking at the preferences or documents folder due > to permission issues but I am just not sure if I use my apps Support folder > if another application can write to it? Or is the support folder able to be > accessed from both apps? Do you know? > > Thanks > > Tom > > -- Tom McGrath III > http://lazyriver.on-rev.com > mcgra...@mac.com > > On Feb 28, 2013, at 12:45 PM, Graham Samuel <livf...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Tom, unless I've misunderstood what you need, why not use the >> specialFolderPath("support") path? These are paths that can be written to by >> an application on both platforms. It's easy to see what the path actually >> is, so you can tell the low level application. I'm using this approach for >> somewhere to put a data stack (a stack that can be saved at runtime) on a >> two-platform app and it works for me. >> >> HTH >> >> Graham >> On 28 Feb 2013, at 18:32, Thomas McGrath III wrote: >> >>> I am working on a cross-platform (Mac/Windows) app and I had to hire out >>> for a low level application to be written that will trap 'all' key events >>> on both platforms. Pretty straight forward. It timestamps and writes the >>> key or keys that were hit out to a file that I in turn look for changes to >>> from within LC. The key trapper will have it's own installer and I need to >>> tell it where to write to before it is built. >>> >>> My question is where is the best place to write this file to on a Mac? on a >>> PC? >>> >>> I am not going through the Mac App store but I don't want to run into >>> problems with permissions etc. once deployed. >>> >>> >>> I am searching online now but there is a lot of gobble goop that is not >>> pertinent. >>> >>> Any help or ideas are appreciated. >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> -- Tom McGrath III >>> http://lazyriver.on-rev.com >>> mcgra...@mac.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
