Re: folderitem confusion.

["Rubber Chicken Software Co." <support@chickensys.com>]

At 12:14 PM 3/30/2010, you wrote:

> Remember, this is Windows...
>
> What's the problem with storing data near the App?
>
> INI files, dat files, even databases are always installed in an 
> installation folder next to the application.
You are so last decade. =)

Well, that's the way it USED to be, B.V. (Before Vista). Due to 
security issues, Windows now forces these things to be done at a 
"proper location", so executing programs and data are in separate places.
This is just like the Mac setup, but Apple does not force the situation.

Many, many, many apps had to be upgraded because of this. It was the 
major task to upgrade programs to Windows, since so many apps used 
the install folder (inside Program Files) to store app specific 
things, mainly because the path-search-chain in Windows starts with 
the folder where the application is in.
It's not that hard of a change, though, but it was a hassle.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
| Garth Hjelte                                      |
| Customer Service Representative, President        |
| Chicken Systems, Inc, Rubber Chicken Software Co. |
| 714 5th Street SE                                 |
| Willmar, MN 56201 USA                             |
|                                                   |
| 800-8-PRO-EPS    Toll Free Order Line (US Only)   |
| 320-235-9798     Tech Support, Sampler Questions  |
|                  International Line               |
| 360-838-7689     Fax                              |
| Product Sales:   sales@chickensys.com             |
| Product Support: support@chickensys.com           |
| Sampler Q+A:     qa@chickensys.com                |
| Web Page:        www.chickensys.com               |
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


_______________________________________________
Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode:
<http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/>

Search the archives:
<http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>