Re: temp directory question


"kimiraikkonen" <kimiraikkonen85@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:26930928-77a6-4de6-b926-51b59a27753d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Apr 7, 8:42 am, "RobinS" <rob...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This will cause you a problem in Windows Vista if your application is
installed in ProgramFiles. A better choice would be to put the file in the
local app data, which is under the user's profile --
Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData.

RobinS.
GoldMail.com

"kimiraikkonen" <kimiraikkone...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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On Apr 6, 8:13 am, "Aussie Rules" <aus...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



> Hi,

> In my application I need to write an XML file to disk, but am concerned
> that
> permission might be a problem.

> The file only needs to be written out and used for another reason and > can
> then be deleted.

> I was thinking about using the windows/system temp directory as the
> location, as I guess that a directory where my application shouldn't > have
> an
> issue writting to.

> Is this the best location for this file to go? and how do I determine > what
> the temp directory is ?

> Thanks

If you have any difficulty about writing to a specific folder such as
temp (plus you may able to write), create your own temp folder in your
application folder then delete folder / file after operation has
finished.

For example when you need a folder temporarily, create a new one
using:
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory("c:\your_app\your_folder")

Then you can delete folder fairly after the directory is not needed
anylonger using:
(usually when formclosing event is fired)
System.IO.Directory.Delete("c:\your_app\your_folder")

Therefore you have a folder that's created and deleted temporarily,
just my opinion.

Regards,

Onur Güzel

--I'm not familiar with Vista at the moment so i don't know what you
--meant about what it causes, but you must be able to create and delete
--your own folders with no problem in XP and olders in program files.
--Maybe program files is protected in Vista. Thanks for the info.

Yes, Program files is protected in Vista. No more keeping-the-database-with-the-program stuff going on. I noticed the even Adobe Photoshop Elements creates a folder under MyDocuments for caching and temp stuff. There are specific locations that MSFT recommends for keeping files for the user to update when using Windows Vista.

--But with same logic you can dynamically create / delete a folder in a
-writable location such as you mentioned.

Exactly. The best idea in the thread was about getting a temp filename. I was just responding to yours so people would know.

RobinS.
GoldMail.com

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