FolderConfig can make a user of the application choose a folder they want to save app's settings. Application creator does not need to think about where settings are to be saved.
Download binaries from https://github.com/ambiesoft/FolderConfig/releases.
- Extract FolderConfig-x.x.exe to your application folder. Place FolderConfig.exe in the same directory of your application's main executable resides.
- Rename FolderConfig.ini.sample to FolderConfig.ini and edit it.
This file holds default values. Application creator should completes this file in accordance with its traits. It should not be editted during runtime of the application. FolderConfig.ini looks like follows.
[Main]
appname=MyApp
creator=Ambiesoft
defaultpathtype=0
defaultpath0=confIf you lanuch FolderConfig.exe with FolderConfig.ini above, you will see follwing the setting dialog.
After the dialog was closed with OK, a file folder.ini will be created or written.
The application should read this file at the startup to decide the path to place setting files. It looks like follows.
[Main]
PathType=1
[TestWrite]
TID=291652156PathType=1 means the user choose System defined user folder (local), the application can read this value by calling GetConfigPath() defined in Ambiesoft.FolderConfigHelper.dll, or call win32's GetPrivateProfileString(). In latter case, you must be careful for character encoding, folder.ini is encoded in UTF8 but win32api does not treat text as UTF8.
See TestAppUseHelper and TestAppCs for C# and TestAppCpp for C++.