Re: Newbie: Current Apps Directory
Re: Newbie: Current Apps Directory
- Subject: Re: Newbie: Current Apps Directory
- From: publiclook <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 20:14:01 -0400
There are definitely documents out there that caution against this, but
I can't site a URL off the top of my head. Part of the caution is that
it is normal to install applications on network drives or in folders to
which ordinary users don't have write permission.
On Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at 07:54 PM, Craig Bakalian wrote:
On Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at 07:53 PM, publiclook wrote:
Please don't make applications that do this sort of thing. Just put
the data file in the application bundle and access it via NSBundle's
-pathForResource:ofType: or put the data file in a
~/Libary/ApplicationSupport directory. Don't search the entire
Applications directory or clutter file systems with random data
files. This is just my opinion, and I don't mean to be insulting. I
am just expressing my (and I think Apple's) wishes.
Hi,
Hold on here. My application permits the user to place files in the
same folder as the application so the application can access the files
(all the files). I did not want the user doing complex selection in
an open panel. I felt the user experience would be simplified.
Writing a help book that tells the user to place a file in this or
that ~/Library folder is not a good idea (my opinion).
Is there any apple employee out there that knows of a "don't do
this...." file access rule?
Craig Bakalian
www.eThinkingCap.com
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