Re: NSApplicationSupportFolder

FROM : Sean McBride
DATE : Mon Dec 27 20:03:24 2004

Shaun Wexler (<email_removed>) on Mon, Dec 27, 2004 1:36 PM said:

>I think you have to hand-enter the non-localized string, such as:
>
>- (NSArray *)applicationSupportPaths
>{
>    NSArray *searchPaths =
>NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSLibraryDirectory,
>NSUserDomainMask + NSLocalDomainMask, YES);
>    NSMutableArray *applicationSupportPaths = [NSMutableArray
>arrayWithCapacity:[searchPaths count]];
>    NSString *executableName = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] executablePath]
>lastPathComponent];
>    NSString *pathComponent = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Application
>Support/SKW Development/%@", executableName];


Hard coding paths is very bad.  "Application Support" may change names in
the future.  Using the FSFindFolder API is best and safest.  See:

<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/
LowLevelFileMgmt/Tasks/LocatingDirectories.html>


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