File Extensions and Directory Writes
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From: Webbiz on 10 Mar 2010 16:01 I've run into a little problem with my current project. I created a file and gave it my own filetype of .fdr. Problem: When the user goes to download this file, it shows up in the download directory dialog as "myfile.unk". In other words, it has the ..unk filetype because my Windows system does not know what a .fdr file is. Is there a way via code to add the .fdr filetype to the system? Problem 2: I want the user to download this .fdr file to his application directory. The directory defaults to c:\Program Files\MyApp For Windows 7 (and likely Vista), it will not allow the downloading of the file to write to this default directory. Is there a way to make it do so, or do I have to create a separate directory elsewhere as my only alternative. Thanks. Webbiz
From: Karl E. Peterson on 10 Mar 2010 16:14 Webbiz wrote: > I've run into a little problem with my current project. > > I created a file and gave it my own filetype of .fdr. > > Problem: When the user goes to download this file, it shows up in the > download directory dialog as "myfile.unk". In other words, it has the > .unk filetype because my Windows system does not know what a .fdr file > is. > > Is there a way via code to add the .fdr filetype to the system? You can create a file association, certainly. That'd be what to google. But I wonder if part of the problem here isn't what mime-type the server is telling your system that file is? This might require action on both ends, but I'd probably be looking at the server first. > Problem 2: > > I want the user to download this .fdr file to his application > directory. > > The directory defaults to c:\Program Files\MyApp > > For Windows 7 (and likely Vista), it will not allow the downloading of > the file to write to this default directory. > > Is there a way to make it do so, No. Not short of totally altering the permissions on the machine. > or do I have to create a separate > directory elsewhere as my only alternative. Yes. Lemme Tell Ya Where To Stick It -- Visual Studio Magazine http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2009/01/19/lemme-tell-ya-where-to-stick-it.aspx -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org
From: Webbiz on 10 Mar 2010 16:15 I'm considering creating a folder under the user's DOCUMENTS directory. How do you get the PATH to the users DOCUMENTS directory regardless of what version of Windows they are running on? XP appears to be "Documents and Settings" and Windows 7 is "Library"? A tad confused. Thanks. Webbiz
From: Karl E. Peterson on 10 Mar 2010 16:29 Webbiz wrote: > I'm considering creating a folder under the user's DOCUMENTS > directory. > > How do you get the PATH to the users DOCUMENTS directory regardless of > what version of Windows they are running on? > > XP appears to be "Documents and Settings" and Windows 7 is "Library"? > > A tad confused. See my response to your first post. -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org
From: C. Kevin Provance on 10 Mar 2010 16:33
"Webbiz" <nospam(a)noway.com> wrote in message news:at2gp5d9akg1upd9naab1f6ptq32hlt7mc(a)4ax.com... : I'm considering creating a folder under the user's DOCUMENTS : directory. : : How do you get the PATH to the users DOCUMENTS directory regardless of : what version of Windows they are running on? : : XP appears to be "Documents and Settings" and Windows 7 is "Library"? : : A tad confused. I do believe the answer to that question is in Karl's article. |