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"sam" <skneife3@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message
news:43033672@newsgroups.borland.com...

> CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA  can't be used if Shell and Common
> Controls Versions 5 is not installed. So How is it possible to get this
> directory path <C:\Documents and Settings\alluser\Application Data>
> on Windows 95/98 that have Shell and Common Controls Versions 4.70 ?

No such folder exists on Win9x machines under 4.7x to begin with.

You will have to dynamically retreive the version of the "Shell and Common
Controls" that is actually being used by the application before deciding
when to use CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA.  You can use GetProcAddress() to retreive
a pointer to the DllGetVersion() function that Windows' DLLs export.  Refer
to the following article for more details:

    Shell and Common Controls Versions

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/programmersguide/versions.asp

Incidently, on my Win98 machine, I have <C:\Windows\All Users\Application
Data> and <C:\Windows\Application Data> folders available, so you may
consider using GetWindowsFolder() as an alternative to
SHGetSpecialFolderPath() when needed.


Gambit