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Re: Program preference standard ?
« on: June 20, 2011, 09:54:42 AM »
Quote from: ChaosLord;646297
A very good explanation!

What is the defining characteristic that determines whether an app should save prefs into its own dir (Work:Apps/JoseMegaProggy/JoseMegaProggy.prefs)
vs. saving in ENVARC: and ENV:
?

I have seen some programs save prefs into S: which I really don't like.

If your application doesnt implement Save/Use/Cancel and it has got its own directory then saving preferences to PROGDIR: could be considered. Using PROGDIR: allows easy uninstall (just wipe program dir) without cluttering ENV. On the other hand supporting ENV/ENVARC user could easily switch profiles.
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