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Re: Using Zip executable in Cocoa Application
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Re: Using Zip executable in Cocoa Application


  • Subject: Re: Using Zip executable in Cocoa Application
  • From: Rick Langschultz <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:27:46 -0600

Actually I don't want the user to know that there are XML files in that directory. It is an open document format however it will not be feasible for the user to edit the XML data. Also the contents will be in zip format which may or may not be password protected. I do believe iWork 2005 uses a form of the tar.gz file format to archive an xml file format inside as well as images, and thumbnails.

I have a piece of software that uses Sleepycats DBXML for its processing. There is a server, and a client which doesn't have to connect to the server to provide database updates. These xml files are cracked open and then distributed to a directory, indexed, and then the user can query, select, etc. All in xml formatting. But the zip file allows them to move around with the files and not stay on one machine.

There will be a windows, linux, and apple version of this software so zlib is going to be a better choice for the application.

Thank you all for the ideas and feedback...
Rick
On Dec 18, 2005, at 11:13 AM, Scott Ribe wrote:

The Applications folder is not
one of those places that you can assume that you can write to, and
it's not reasonable to expect the user to change access for you if
you can't write there.

I think by "Applications suite folder" he meant the folder he would install
in /Applications, not /Applications itself. Whether or not that is writable
to all users could be under the control of an installer.

Whether or not to use an Applications Support folder, depends on whether or
not it is reasonable for the user to expect the data to follow the
application suite with a Finder copy.

--
Scott Ribe
email@hidden
http://www.killerbytes.com/
(303) 665-7007 voice


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