Bug 9966 – Desktop version should save applets/wallpapers/sounds in writable location

Bug 9966 - Desktop version should save applets/wallpapers/sounds in writable location

Summary:

Desktop version should save applets/wallpapers/sounds in writable location

Status:	NEW

Product:	SB Desktop
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Settings
Version:	unspecified
Platform:	PC Windows Vista

Importance:	-- normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	8.0.0
Assigned To:	Adrian Smith

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Reported:	2008-11-11 13:17 UTC by Adrian Smith
Modified:	2009-07-31 02:14 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Adrian Smith 2008-11-11 13:17:54 UTC

I believe downloading applets/sounds/wallpapers will fail on Vista and other platforms where we install to a location which does not make the share/applets folder writable.

Probably with me to fix, but it won't make 7.3.  It would be useful to get a view on where we should be installing to - can we load applets from the location used for settings?

Comment 1 Wadzinski Tom 2008-11-11 14:25:09 UTC

> can we load applets from the location used for settings?
.squeezeplay/userpath/ does get added to the Lua path.

I confirmed with Richard that userpath/ is indeed the appropriate place for downloadable applets/wallpapers/sounds.

I checked in AppletManaget getUserPath() to expose the path for applets to use.

FYI, also, the settings files will shortly be moved into a userpath/settings/ dir to unclutter the userpath dir structure.

Comment 2 James Richardson 2008-12-19 08:04:00 UTC

Changing target to next release