Re: What is the rationale behind keeping preferences in one place and "Application Support" files in another?
Re: What is the rationale behind keeping preferences in one place and "Application Support" files in another?
- Subject: Re: What is the rationale behind keeping preferences in one place and "Application Support" files in another?
- From: Sherm Pendley <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 13:57:44 -0500
On Dec 8, 2005, at 1:49 PM, Andrei Tchijov wrote:
To shift discussion from question of preferences... Is it good
policy to expect/allow that content of "Application Support" folder
can disappear at any time?
I would think so. If a file is absolutely critical, you might
consider including it in the .app bundle.
At the very least, your app should be able to deal with missing
support files gracefully - that is, display a dialog that informs the
user of what's wrong, rather than simply crashing.
sherm--
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