[fpc-pascal] DLL Linking

[Steve Williams]

L505 wrote:
> | Note that this is not allowed on Windows XP if your application is in
> | the Program Files directory.  Applications are not allowed or should not
> | write to their application directory due to security restrictions.
> |
> | --
> | Sly
> 
> Really? So MS encourages you to write everything to the main drive:\temp
> directory (a black hole) and not your own temp directories? This reminds me of
> the registry. Black hole mania.
> 
> So permissions in winxp are set like this as default?? :-(

By default, every user has their own temp directory (C:\Documents and 
Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp).  This is what GetTempPath() will 
return by default, unless that user sets their TEMP environment variable 
to something else.

On Linux, the equivalent of "C:\Documents and 
Settings\username\Application Data" would be a .appname folder in the 
user's home directory.

Code by the rules and you will find that you have fewer problems and 
more people will use your applications.

-- 
Sly


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