using GetPrivateProfileString with a LAN

[Erich Schulman]

I want to make an application capable of running from a PDC logon script. I want to support both global and personal configuration files.

I am thinking the program will be invoked as:
\\server\users\foobar.exe \\servers\users\foobar.ini

Would GetPrivateProfileString support using a UNC to specify the file you want to work with? It would do no good to discover the program is on the PDC's C: when that will not be the user's C:. If this function is not network-aware, I will need to know now so I can plan a different way of getting the global configuration data.

I am thinking of the personal configuration being in Documents and Settings. This could be either on C: or in a roaming profile on the PDC, depending on how the domain is set up. Would GetPrivateProfileString be able to work with either?

[Michael Mattias]

>Would GetPrivateProfileString be able to work with either

Will work with any file in "INI" format.

Remember, the name of the INI file is passed to that function.

Get your INI file name from SHGetFolderPath with the CSIDL for user application data and you will have software which works even if the profile does "roam".

Move That INI File! and Get That Ini File Name!

[Erich Schulman]

I found http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pb...ad.php?t=23274 and tried it out. I modified it to use \\mybox\E$\Temp\MyProg.ini and it worked. So the global configuration's plan is ready.

I have read the MSDN page for SHGetFolderPath, so now the personal configuration's plan is also ready.