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reply Erik Weber <my_name_here mindspring.com> writes:
Can someone tell me how to create a file within a directory such
as the user's home directory, or a directory within "Program
Files", with DMC 852?

I cannot get SHGetFolderPath or SHGetKnownFolderPath to compile.
Does DMC support those?

I can create a file with ofstream.open, but only in the working
directory. I don't know how to prepend a path that comes from an
environment variable or by querying the system for something like
CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES or what have you, only a hardcoded path. And
as far as I know you can't use stuff like getpwuid on Windows.

I just want to create a config file for read/write by the
executable.

Thanks,
Erik
May 12 2012
parent reply Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 5/12/2012 1:58 PM, Erik Weber wrote:

 Can someone tell me how to create a file within a directory such
 as the user's home directory, or a directory within "Program
 Files", with DMC 852?

 I cannot get SHGetFolderPath or SHGetKnownFolderPath to compile.
 Does DMC support those?

 I can create a file with ofstream.open, but only in the working
 directory. I don't know how to prepend a path that comes from an
 environment variable or by querying the system for something like
 CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES or what have you, only a hardcoded path. And
 as far as I know you can't use stuff like getpwuid on Windows.

 I just want to create a config file for read/write by the
 executable.

 Thanks,
 Erik



Just build a string that includes the path and the file name, and pass it to 
fopen().
May 12 2012
parent Erik Weber <my_name_here mindspring.com> writes:
== Quote from Walter Bright (newshound2 digitalmars.com)'s article

 On 5/12/2012 1:58 PM, Erik Weber wrote:

 Can someone tell me how to create a file within a directory







 as the user's home directory, or a directory within "Program
 Files", with DMC 852?

 Thanks,
 Erik







 fopen().



Thanks Walter. It works. What I was unsure of was how to build the
string. For now I am using getenv. Apparently the preferred way on
Windows is SHGetKnownFolderPath in case environment variables
don't work.

Erik
May 13 2012