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specialFolders Class Reference

By using the SpecialFolders functions, you can retrieve information about the different folders (directories) used by the application. All of the functions are read-only. They return strings that represent folders in use by the various applications. Depending on the application (e.g. Toon Boom Harmony versus Toon Boom AnimatePro), the same content is stored in a different location. More...

#include <specialFolder.h>

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Properties

String root
 read-only property for the root installation folder
 
String config
 read-only property that contains the folder where application configuration files are stored. Normally, this is the /etc folder.
 
String resource
 read-only property that contains where the resources files are stored.
 
String etc
 read-only property that indicates where the <install>/etc folder is.
 
String lang
 read-only property that contains the folder where the language files are stored.
 
String platform
 read-only property that contains the platform specific folder.
 
String app
 A read-only property containing the folder where the platforms specific applications are stored. Application and Binary folders are different on OS X, but are identical on all other platforms.
 
String bin
 This is a read-only property that contains the folder where the platforms specific binaries are stored. Application and Binary folders are different on OS X. They are identical on all other platforms.
 
String bin32
 This is a read-only property that contains the folder where the platforms specific 32-bit binaries are stored.
 
String library
 This is a read-only property that contains the folder where the platforms specific libraries are stored.
 
String legacyPlugins
 Location where the plugins that were designed for the previous SDK are stored. Replaces the plugins property.
 
String plugins
 Location where the plugins that comply with the current SDK are stored.
 
String temp
 This is a read-only property that contains where the application will create its temporary files.
 
String userConfig
 This is a read-only property that contains the folder where the user configuration is stored.
 
String htmlHelp
 This is a read-only property that contains the folder where the html help folder is.
 

Detailed Description

By using the SpecialFolders functions, you can retrieve information about the different folders (directories) used by the application. All of the functions are read-only. They return strings that represent folders in use by the various applications. Depending on the application (e.g. Toon Boom Harmony versus Toon Boom AnimatePro), the same content is stored in a different location.

Property Documentation

String specialFolders::app
read

A read-only property containing the folder where the platforms specific applications are stored. Application and Binary folders are different on OS X, but are identical on all other platforms.

String specialFolders::bin
read

This is a read-only property that contains the folder where the platforms specific binaries are stored. Application and Binary folders are different on OS X. They are identical on all other platforms.

String specialFolders::bin32
read

This is a read-only property that contains the folder where the platforms specific 32-bit binaries are stored.

String specialFolders::config
read

read-only property that contains the folder where application configuration files are stored. Normally, this is the /etc folder.

String specialFolders::etc
read

read-only property that indicates where the <install>/etc folder is.

String specialFolders::htmlHelp
read

This is a read-only property that contains the folder where the html help folder is.

String specialFolders::lang
read

read-only property that contains the folder where the language files are stored.

String specialFolders::legacyPlugins
read

Location where the plugins that were designed for the previous SDK are stored. Replaces the plugins property.

String specialFolders::library
read

This is a read-only property that contains the folder where the platforms specific libraries are stored.

String specialFolders::platform
read

read-only property that contains the platform specific folder.

String specialFolders::plugins
read

Location where the plugins that comply with the current SDK are stored.

String specialFolders::resource
read

read-only property that contains where the resources files are stored.

String specialFolders::root
read

read-only property for the root installation folder

String specialFolders::temp
read

This is a read-only property that contains where the application will create its temporary files.

String specialFolders::userConfig
read

This is a read-only property that contains the folder where the user configuration is stored.


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