Re: How to get user's local setting folder

From: Andrew Diabo (aadiabo_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: 05/22/04 

Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 12:20:16 -0400

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the tip. How do I get the Local Settings of a user typically:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.HOMEGROUP\Local Settings\Application
Data

What parameter should I use?

Thanks

Andrew

"Mike Shkolnik" <mshkolnik2002@ukr.net> wrote in message
news:40af73e7@newsgroups.borland.com...
> Andrew,
>
> you need the SHGetSpecialFolderLocation with CSIDL_APPDATA parameter. See
> the sample:
> ******************************
> Delphi tip#106: to read a path of system folder
> http://www.scalabium.com/faq/dct0106.htm
> ******************************
>
> --
> With best regards, Mike Shkolnik
> E-mail: mshkolnik@scalabium.com
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>
> "Andrew Diabo" <aadiabo@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
> news:40aec8d2@newsgroups.borland.com...
> > I would like to save my applications settings .ini file in the login
> user's
> > local setting folder. What is the Windows API to get that folder? Thanks
> for
> > any help.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
>
>

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