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"patrickartaud" <patrickartaud@aidedecision.com> wrote in message 
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> I use this code :
<snip>

There are some potential bugs in that code.  Try this instead:

    LPITEMIDLIST List = NULL;
    AnsiString Full;

    if( SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(0, CSIDL_APPDATA, &List) == 0 )
    {
        char Path[MAX_PATH+1] = {0};
        if( SHGetPathFromIDList(List, Path) )
        {
            Full = IncludeTrailingBackslash(Path) + societe;
            ForceDirectories(Full);
        }
    }

    ChVista = Full;

> It is ok I have
> Document and setting\Patrick\Application Data in ChVista

Under Vista, CSIDL_APPDATA it should be returning the complete path to the 
user's "Roaming" folder.  Vista doesn't even have a "Document and Settings" 
folder like XP did.

> But when I launch my application it put the folders and subfolders
> in Document and setting\Patrick\Application Data\Roaming

That is what it is supposed to do.  The "Roaming" folder is the actual 
CSIDL_APPDATA folder under Vista.  Refer to MSDN for details:

    CSIDL
    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762494.aspx

    KNOWNFOLDERID
    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762584(VS.85).aspx

Under Vista, you should be using KNOWNFOLDERIDs instead of CSIDLs now.

> And my application dont find the folders.

Please show your actual code for accessing the files.  The path returned by 
SHGetSpecialFolderLocation() is a valid folder path and should be used as-is 
with whatever subfolders you need to add to it.  When your code fails, you 
are probably not actually accessing the folder you think you are accessing.

> I don't understand why it add this subfolder Roaming because in
> ChVista it stop at application data or it is a wrong CSIDL?

That is likely Vista's "Folder Redirection" feature at work.


Gambit 

Thank you very much for all this I go to look at.
Whan I need "mine folders or subfolders where they are .db Files I use the 
same code for the start of the .cpp of a .dll and after I use
extern Ansi ChVista for all the cpp files of the .exe or dll.
And did it work for XP too?Thank you Or I must have a XP version an Vista 
version?
And please where could I find enougth simplist explanations for Vista 
because I have tried in "msdn" and in all page there are a lot off links and 
I don't know where to go or there is only this mean?
Thank you again
Best Regards
Patrick Artaud
PS: Re Excuse me for my English (I try!!!!)
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> "patrickartaud" <patrickartaud@aidedecision.com> wrote in message 
> news:4798bade@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
>> I use this code :
> <snip>
>
> There are some potential bugs in that code.  Try this instead:
>
>    LPITEMIDLIST List = NULL;
>    AnsiString Full;
>
>    if( SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(0, CSIDL_APPDATA, &List) == 0 )
>    {
>        char Path[MAX_PATH+1] = {0};
>        if( SHGetPathFromIDList(List, Path) )
>        {
>            Full = IncludeTrailingBackslash(Path) + societe;
>            ForceDirectories(Full);
>        }
>    }
>
>    ChVista = Full;
>
>> It is ok I have
>> Document and setting\Patrick\Application Data in ChVista
>
> Under Vista, CSIDL_APPDATA it should be returning the complete path to the 
> user's "Roaming" folder.  Vista doesn't even have a "Document and 
> Settings" folder like XP did.
>
>> But when I launch my application it put the folders and subfolders
>> in Document and setting\Patrick\Application Data\Roaming
>
> That is what it is supposed to do.  The "Roaming" folder is the actual 
> CSIDL_APPDATA folder under Vista.  Refer to MSDN for details:
>
>    CSIDL
>    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762494.aspx
>
>    KNOWNFOLDERID
>    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762584(VS.85).aspx
>
> Under Vista, you should be using KNOWNFOLDERIDs instead of CSIDLs now.
>
>> And my application dont find the folders.
>
> Please show your actual code for accessing the files.  The path returned 
> by SHGetSpecialFolderLocation() is a valid folder path and should be used 
> as-is with whatever subfolders you need to add to it.  When your code 
> fails, you are probably not actually accessing the folder you think you 
> are accessing.
>
>> I don't understand why it add this subfolder Roaming because in
>> ChVista it stop at application data or it is a wrong CSIDL?
>
> That is likely Vista's "Folder Redirection" feature at work.
>
>
> Gambit
>