Subject Re: dBAse 11 Exec.ini Files
From Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net>
Date Tue, 16 Jul 2019 22:00:18 -0700
Newsgroups dbase.getting-started

On 7/16/2019 8:40 PM, Norman Snowden wrote:
> Ken Mayer Wrote:
>
>> On 7/16/2019 12:49 PM, Norman Snowden wrote:
>>> Dbase 11 Exec.ini Files
>>>
>>> Previously using Project to Build and Save an Executed version of a Form the Exec.ini File would automatically appear
>>> in the Folder alongside the Saved Application.
>>>
>>> Now only the Application appears. How can the ini file be viewed to be
>>> sure it is what I want it to be? I can find the dBASE Plus 11 ini File but not the ini file my Executed.exe is using.
>>
>> Add some code in the startup routine of your application and recompile it:
>>
>> msgbox( "ini file: " + _app.iniFile )
>>
>> This will give you the exact path ... by default dBASE Plus 8 and later
>> uses the Windows UAC for storing files, and that includes using the user
>> folders and more.
>
> Thanks Ken,
>
> The path given was  ini file:c:\users\N\AppData\Local\dBASE\Plus 11\Bin\Plus.ini
>
> I had to omit the beginning ini file: portion. Windows would not accept that part. After removing ini file: Note Pad  produced the  ini file.
>

The text displayed was just so you knew what you were looking at ...

Ken


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