Saving Registration Code

[Martin_Fitzgibbons]

Does it mean that I am not suppose to use SpecialFolder.SharedPreferences on Macs? The notes say not all Specialfolder options work on all platforms.

[Thomas_Roemert]

/Library/Preferences ist not the prefs folder inside the user library, but the main prefs folder of the system - so yes, you might have no permission to write to that folder.

Why dont you use something inside the SpecialFolder.ApplicationData like

SpecialFolder.ApplicationData.child("com.company.appname")

[Jeff_Tullin]

@Thomas_Roemert

SpecialFolder.ApplicationData.child

This works in testing and for one user, but if there are several users on the machine, they will not be seeing the same file - each will get their own.
Thats the purpose of the ‘shared’ aspect.

Remember

@Martin_Fitzgibbons

he installs as an admin user for all accounts.

Does this mean he logs in as “AdminUserXYZ” and then expects this to work for “RegularUserABC”?

[Martin_Fitzgibbons]

Good point, so have you got any of the shared folders to cooperate?

[Arnaud_N]

For Mac (as it was mentioned in this thread), I use SpecialFolder.SharedDocuments.

[Thomas_Roemert]

@Jeff_Tullin

This works in testing and for one user, but if there are several users on the machine, they will not be seeing the same file - each will get their own.
Thats the purpose of the ‘shared’ aspect.

It depends on the licensing: is the registration code valid for all users on a machine or is it on a per user base…