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  • What should I grab as a development platform, an iPod or an iPad?

    - by mmr
    Hey all, I've recently gotten into the world of contract programming, and two of my clients have indicated that they'd like to do something 'trendy', like ipod touch/iphone/ipad development. I have a mac laptop (first gen macbook pro) that I'll have to upgrade to snow leopard to do the development for any of them, from what I've read. So that's already a bit of a commitment, given all the stuff I have on that laptop I'll have to make sure is recoverable from backup. My budget is limited, but I think I need to learn this skill. Which device should I get to learn this kind of development, an iPod touch or an iPad? I don't have the money for an iPhone. I think that the iPhone/iPad SDK has an emulator mode, but I like to have the device I'm going to roll out on available to make sure that everything works as I'd expect, ie, what's easily readable on a laptop screen is still readable on the touch, etc.

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  • What is a good platform for building a game framework targetting both web and native languages?

    - by fuzzyTew
    I would like to develop (or find, if one is already in development) a framework with support for accelerated graphics and sound built on a system flexible enough to compile to the following: native ppc/x86/x86_64/arm binaries or a language which compiles to them javascript actionscript bytecode or a language which compiles to it (actionscript 3, haxe) optionally java I imagine, for example, creating an API where I can open windows and make OpenGL-like calls and the framework maps this in a relatively efficient manner to either WebGL with a canvas object, 3d graphics in Flash, OpenGL ES 2 with EGL, or desktop OpenGL in an X11, Windows, or Cocoa window. I have so far looked into these avenues: Building the game library in haXe Pros: Targets exist for php, javascript, actionscript bytecode, c++ High level, object oriented language Cons: No support for finally{} blocks or destructors, making resource cleanup difficult C++ target does not allow room for producing highly optimized libraries -- the foreign function interface requires all primitive types be boxed in a wrapper object, as if writing bindings for a scripting language; these feel unideal for real-time graphics and audio, especially exporting low-level functions. Doesn't seem quite yet mature Using the C preprocessor to create a translator, writing programs entirely with macros Pros: CPP is widespread and simple to use Cons: This is an arduous task and probably the wrong tool for the job CPP implementations differ widely in support for features (e.g. xcode cpp has no variadic macros despite claiming C99 compliance) There is little-to-no room for optimization in this route Using llvm's support for multiple backends to target c/c++ to web languages Pros: Can code in c/c++ LLVM is a very mature highly optimizing compiler performing e.g. global inlining Targets exist for actionscript (alchemy) and javascript (emscripten) Cons: Actionscript target is closed source, unmaintained, and buggy. Javascript targets do not use features of HTML5 for appropriate optimization (e.g. linear memory with typed arrays) and are immature An LLVM target must convert from low-level bytecode, so high-level constructs are lost and bloated unreadable code is created from translating individual instructions, which may be more difficult for an unprepared JIT to optimize. "jump" instructions cause problems for languages with no "goto" statements. Using libclang to write a translator from C/C++ to web languages Pros: A beautiful parsing library providing easy access to the code structure Can code in C/C++ Has sponsored developer effort from Apple Cons: Incomplete; current feature set targets IDEs. Basic operators are unexposed and must be manually parsed from the returned AST element to be identified. Translating code prior to compilation may forgo optimizations assumed in c/c++ such as inlining. Creating new code generators for clang to translate into web languages Pros: Can code in C/C++ as libclang Cons: There is no API; code structure is unstable A much larger job than using libclang; the innards of clang are complex Building the game library in Common Lisp Pros: Flexible, ancient, well-developed language Extensive introspection should ease writing translators Translators exist for at least javascript Cons: Unfamiliar language No standardized library functions, widely varying implementations Which of these avenues should I pursue? Do you know of any others, or any systems that might be useful? Does a general project like this exist somewhere already? Thank you for any input.

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  • What tech stack/platform to use for a project?

    - by danny z
    Hey guys, This is a bit of a weird meta-programming question, but I've realized that my new project doesn't need a full MVC framework, and being a rails guy, I'm not sure what to use now. To give you a gist of the necessary functionality; this website will display static pages, but users will be able to log in and 'edit their current plans'. All purchasing and credit card editing is being handled by a recurring payment subscriber, I just need a page to edit their current plan. All of that will be done through (dynamic) XML API calls, so no database is necessary. Should I stick with my typical rails/nginx stack, or is there something I could use that would lighten the load, since I don't need the Rails heft. I'm familiar with python and PHP but would prefer not to go that route. Is Sinatra a good choice here? tl;dr: What's a good way to quickly serve mostly static pages, preferably in Ruby, with some pages requiring dynamic XML rendering?

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  • Grails benchmarks compared to other web MVC platform (Rails, Django, ASP MVC)?

    - by fabien7474
    I have been searching the web for recent benchmarks measuring Grails overall performance compared to its competitors (Rails, Django, ASP.NET MVC...), but I didn't find anything more recent than a 3 years-old article with obsolete grails version (0.5). See here and here. So, starting from grails 1.2, are there any more recent grails benchmarks you are aware of ? Or do you have your own performance tests for grails (compared to others if possible) ?

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  • Java - Which Business Intelligence (BI) platform can I embed with my commercial software for free?

    - by Yatendra Goel
    I am developing a java application and I want to use: Reporting Analysis Data Mining Data Integration tools to be shipped with my commercial application that I am NOT going to sell as an open source application. So I want to know which tools I can use in my app. Actually I am evaluating PENTAHO and JASPER but I don't understand licensing issues. Some comes under GPL, some under LGPL, some under CPL... so I am very confused about those.

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  • What languages allow cross-platform native executables to be created?

    - by JT
    I'm frustrated to discover that Java lacks an acceptable solution for creating programs that will run via double-click. Other than .NET for Windows, what modern and high-level programming languages can I write code in that can be compiled for various platforms and run as a native/binary in each (Windows, Linux, OSX (optional)) Assuming I wanted to write code in python, for instance, is there a cohesive way that I could distribute my software which wouldn't require users to do anything special to get it to run? I want to write and distribute software for computer-illiterate and Java has turned out to be a real pain in this respect.

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  • What is the best free cross-platform OpenGL GUI library for a video game?

    - by Jim Buck
    It must come with source. I've looked at these which look semi-promising: glgooey, guichan, and cegui. I've come across others that look more Windows-y than game-y, but that's not the direction I am looking to go in. I would like some simple functionality of typical controls (lists, dropdown box, etc.) but with support for graphical widgets that you would normally find in game frontends. Mouse clicking, dragging, dropping, etc. and sound effect hooks would be nice. (These libs often leave hooks for the external system to tell it when/where mouse events are occurring.) It would get rendered on top of what my own 3D engine is rendering for the game, so it must be able to play nicely with rendering code outside of the lib. The best criteria is whether or not a reasonable 2D game could be implemented just with the GUI library and minimal glue code. (By glue code, I mean init code, hooking up the mouse, and game logic.) I am creating a 3D game, but this criteria gives a pretty solid idea of what level of interactivity I would like in the GUI.

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  • iPad as programming platform--What future do touch screens have with programming?

    - by user94154
    I read this question a few weeks ago. I thought about it when I first saw the iPad. Do you think it would be possible to set up a development environment on the iPad? I think it would be awesome if there was an InstantRails App, a Django App, maybe even 280 North's Atlas could run on it :). Would you develop using an on-screen keyboard and a 10 inch screen? Steve Jobs seems to think touch-screens are the future of web browsing. What Future does touch have with programming?

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  • Is there an open source cross-platform push server?

    - by Ian
    I'm currently in need of a (preferably open-source) free push server, that supports both linux and windows. I need something similar to the Ajax Push Engine, but that project unfortunatelly does not work on windows (I could use a virtual machine, but that's not what I'm looking for). I need to be able to push information to/from a python daemon, from a php script, to/from javascript and to a Blackberry application (built with java). Is there any tool that could help me with that? I've also looked into the Orbited project but frankly it lacks a lot of documentation and it's been very complicated to understand it. I'm not sure if it could work for me since it isn't actually a push server, but rather a proxy for it's built in MorbidQ server (or am I wrong?). Would a technology like Advanced Message Queing Protocol work for a project like this? Something like RabbitMQ or ActiveMQ? Thank you very much for the help.

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  • Websites that archive cross-browser, cross-platform css/js bugs?

    - by meder
    I'm about to develop my own browser inconsistency/bug compendium site but I'm wondering if I really need to - can we get a wiki of sites that do this already? I'm aware of a lot of them but I hope I'm not missing out on some major ones. I wanted mine to be more intuitive and social-like for most people, powered by tags and screenshots and test-case pages.

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  • Compile for mixed platform (32, 64) and reference a 32 or 64 bit DLL resolved at runtime

    - by Nigel Aston
    Using VS2010 under windows 32 or 64 bit. Our C# app calls a 3rd party DLL (managed) that interfaces to an unmanaged DLL. The 3rd party DLL API appears identical in 32 or 64 bit although underneath it links to a 32 or 64 bit unmanaged DLL. We want our C# app to run on either 32 or 64 bit OS, ideally it will auto detect the OS and load the appropriate 32rd party DLL - via a simple factory class which tests the Enviroment. So the neatest solution would be a runtime folder containing: OurApp.exe 3rdParty32.DLL 3rdPartyUnmanaged32.DLL 3rdParty64.DLL 3rdPartyUnmanaged64.DLL However, the interface for the managed 3rdParty 32 and 64 dll is identical so both cannot be referenced within the same VS2010 project: when adding the second the warning triangle is shown and it does not get referenced. Is my only answer to create two extra library DLL projects to reference the 3rdParty 32 and 64 Dlls? So I would end up with this project arrangement: Project 1: Builds OurApp.exe, dynamically creates an object for project2 or project3. Project 2: Builds OurApp32.DLL which references 3rdParty32.dll Project 3: Builds OurApp64.DLL which references 3rdParty64.dll

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  • This code is working properly in Dev C++ .But on Linux platform it is giving problem with the moveme

    - by srinija
    #include<stdio.h> #include<GL/glut.h> #include<stdlib.h> GLfloat v[3][24]={{100.0,300.0,350.0,50.0,100.0,120.0,120.0,100.0,260.0,280.0, 280.0,260.0,140.0,160.0,160.0,140.0,180.0,200.0,200.0,180.0, 220.0,240.0,240.0,220.0},{100.0,100.0,200.0,200.0,160.0, 160.0,180.0,180.0,160.0,160.0,180.0,180.0,160.0,160.0,180.0, 180.0,160.0,160.0,180.0,180.0,160.0,160.0,180.0,180.0}, {1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0, 1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0}}; GLfloat v1[3][16]={{50.0,350.0,350.0,50.0,100.0,300.0,300.0,100.0,125.0,175.0, 175.0,125.0,225.0,275.0,275.0,225.0},{200.0,200.0,210.0, 210.0,210.0,210.0,240.0,240.0,240.0,240.0,310.0,310.0,240.0, 240.0,310.0,310.0},{1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0, 1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0}}; GLfloat colors[4][3]={{0.0,0.0,1.0},{0.9961,0.9961,0.65625},{1.0,0.0,1.0}, {1.0,.0,1.0}}; static float q,w,e; static float fq,fw,fe; static GLfloat wa=0,wb=0,wc=0,ba,bb,bc; int flag; void myinit(void) { glClearColor(0.506,.7,1,0.0); glPointSize(2.0); glLoadIdentity(); glOrtho(0.0,499.0,0.0,499.0,-300.0,300.0); } void draw_top_boxes(GLint i,GLint j) { glColor3f(1.0,0.0,0.0); glBegin(GL_POLYGON); glColor3fv(colors[j]); // to draw the boat glVertex2f(v1[0][i+0],v1[1][i+0]); glColor3fv(colors[j+1]); glVertex2f(v1[0][i+1],v1[1][i+1]); glColor3fv(colors[j+2]); glVertex2f(v1[0][i+2],v1[1][i+2]); glColor3fv(colors[j+3]); glVertex2f(v1[0][i+3],v1[1][i+3]); glEnd(); } void draw_polygon(GLint i) { glBegin(GL_POLYGON); // to draw the boat glColor3f(0.0,0.0,0.0); glColor3fv(colors[0]); glVertex2f(v[0][i+0],v[1][i+0]); glColor3fv(colors[1]); glVertex2f(v[0][i+1],v[1][i+1]); glColor3fv(colors[2]); glVertex2f(v[0][i+2],v[1][i+2]); glColor3fv(colors[3]); glVertex2f(v[0][i+3],v[1][i+3]); glEnd(); } void draw_boat() { draw_polygon(0); draw_polygon(4); draw_polygon(8); draw_polygon(12); draw_polygon(16); draw_polygon(20); draw_top_boxes(0,0); draw_top_boxes(4,0); draw_top_boxes(8,0); draw_top_boxes(12,0); glFlush(); glPopMatrix(); glPopMatrix(); } void draw_water() { GLfloat i; GLfloat x=0,y=103,j=0; GLfloat k; glPushMatrix(); glTranslatef(wa,wb,wc); glPushMatrix(); glColor3f(0,0,1); for(k=y;k>0;k-=6) { for(i=1;i<30;i++) { glBegin(GL_LINES); glVertex2f(j,k); glVertex2f(j+10,k); glEnd(); j=j+20; } j=0; } glPopMatrix(); glPopMatrix(); } void draw_fishes() { glPushMatrix(); glTranslatef(fq,12.0,fe); glPushMatrix(); glColor3f(.99609375,0.2578125,0.2578125); glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES); glVertex2f(100,80); glVertex2f(100,60); glVertex2f(85,70); glEnd(); glColor3f(.99609375,0.2578125,0.2578125); glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES); glVertex2f(100,70); glVertex2f(110,75); glVertex2f(110,65); glEnd(); glColor3f(0,0,0); glBegin(GL_POINTS); glVertex2f(90,71); glEnd(); glColor3f(.99609375,0.2578125,0.2578125); glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES); glVertex2f(200,80); glVertex2f(200,60); glVertex2f(185,70); glEnd(); glColor3f(.99609375,0.2578125,0.2578125); glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES); glVertex2f(200,70); glVertex2f(210,75); glVertex2f(210,65); glEnd(); glColor3f(0,0,0); glBegin(GL_POINTS); glVertex2f(190,71); glEnd(); glPopMatrix(); glPopMatrix(); glFlush(); } void draw_cloud() { GLfloat m=100,n=400,o=10; for(int i=0;i<7;i++) { glPushMatrix(); glColor3f(1.0,1.0,1.0); if(i==1) glTranslated(125,415,10); else if(i==3||i==5) glTranslated(m,n+5,o); else glTranslated(m,n,o); glutSolidSphere(20.0,5000,150); glPopMatrix(); m+=10; } } void draw_square() { glColor3f(0,0.5,0.996); glBegin(GL_POLYGON); glVertex2f(0,0); glVertex2f(1000,0); glVertex2f(0,300); glVertex2f(1000,300); glEnd(); glFlush(); } void draw_brotate() { glPushMatrix(); glColor3f(0.96,0.5,0.25); //to draw body of the bird glTranslated(300,400,10); glScalef(3,1,1); glutSolidSphere(6,50000,15); glPopMatrix(); glPushMatrix(); glTranslated(323,400,10); glutSolidSphere(5,50000,15); glPopMatrix(); glColor3f(0,0,0); glBegin(GL_POINTS); glVertex2f(325,401); glEnd(); glColor3f(0.96,0.5,0.25); //to draw wings glBegin(GL_LINES); glVertex2f(294,394); glVertex2f(286,389); glEnd(); glBegin(GL_LINES); glVertex2f(286,389); glVertex2f(295,391); glEnd(); glBegin(GL_LINES); glVertex2f(295,391); glVertex2f(285,385); glEnd(); glBegin(GL_LINES); glVertex2f(285,385); glVertex2f(309,395); glEnd(); glBegin(GL_LINES); glVertex2f(294,406); glVertex2f(286,411); glEnd(); glBegin(GL_LINES); glVertex2f(286,411); glVertex2f(295,409); glEnd(); glBegin(GL_LINES); glVertex2f(295,409); glVertex2f(285,415); glEnd(); glBegin(GL_LINES); glVertex2f(285,415); glVertex2f(309,406); glEnd(); glColor3f(0.96,0.5,0.25); } void draw_bird() { GLfloat x=200,y=400,z=10; draw_brotate(); glBegin(GL_LINES); //draw legs of the bird glVertex2f(285,402); glVertex2f(275,402); glEnd(); glBegin(GL_LINES); glVertex2f(285,398); glVertex2f(275,398); glEnd(); glBegin(GL_LINES); glVertex2f(275,402); glVertex2f(270,405); glEnd(); glBegin(GL_LINES); glVertex2f(275,402); glVertex2f(270,398); glEnd(); glBegin(GL_LINES); glVertex2f(275,398); glVertex2f(273,400); glEnd(); glBegin(GL_LINES); glVertex2f(275,398); glVertex2f(270,395); glEnd(); glBegin(GL_LINES); glVertex2f(323,405); glVertex2f(323,407); glEnd(); glPushMatrix(); glTranslatef(323,409,10); glutSolidSphere(2,200,20); glPopMatrix(); glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES); glVertex2f(328,400); glVertex2f(331,397); glVertex2f(327,398.5); glEnd(); glFlush(); } void drawstars() { glColor3f(1.0,1.0,1.0); glBegin(GL_POINTS); glVertex3f(300.0,400.0,10.0); glVertex3f(200,400.0,10.0); glVertex3f(150,450.0,10.0); glVertex3f(100,470.0,10.0); glVertex3f(50,450.0,10.0); glVertex3f(50,350.0,10.0); glVertex3f(90,365.0,10.0); glVertex3f(350,450.0,10.0); glVertex3f(275,470.0,10.0); glVertex3f(280,430.0,10.0); glVertex3f(250,400.0,10.0); glVertex3f(450,450.0,10.0); glVertex3f(430,430.0,10.0); glVertex3f(430,470.0,10.0); glVertex3f(300,450.0,10.0); glVertex3f(265,380.0,10.0); glVertex3f(235,450.0,10.0); glEnd(); } void draw_all() { glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT); if(flag==0) { glDisable(GL_LIGHTING); //immp one draw_square(); draw_cloud(); glClearColor(0.506,.7,1,0.0); glTranslatef(q,w,e); glPushMatrix(); glColor3f(1.0,0.0,0.0); draw_boat(); draw_fishes(); glPushMatrix(); glColor3f(1.0,1.0,0.0); glTranslated(400,400,10); glutSolidSphere(20.0,5000,150); glPopMatrix(); } if(flag==1) { glDisable(GL_LIGHTING); //imp one draw_square(); draw_cloud(); glClearColor(0.9960,0.7070,0.3164,0.0); glTranslatef(q,w,e); glPushMatrix(); glColor3f(1.0,0.0,0.0); draw_boat(); draw_fishes(); glPushMatrix(); glColor3f(1.0,1.0,0.0); glTranslated(400,400,10); glutSolidSphere(20.0,500,100); glPopMatrix(); } if(flag==2) { // just try and change values in these arrays, specially the position array drawstars(); glEnable(GL_LIGHTING); glEnable(GL_LIGHT0); // GLfloat emission[]={0.1,0.1,0.1,0.0}; GLfloat diffuse[] = { 0.40, 0.40,0.40, 1.0 }; GLfloat ambiance[] = { 0.5, 0.5,0.5, 1.0 }; GLfloat specular[] = { 1.3, 1.3,.3, 1.0 }; GLfloat intensity[]={500.0}; GLfloat position[] = { 10,30,-30,1.0 }; glLightfv (GL_LIGHT0, GL_POSITION, position); glLightfv (GL_LIGHT0, GL_DIFFUSE,diffuse); glLightfv (GL_LIGHT0, GL_AMBIENT,ambiance); glLightModeli(GL_LIGHT_MODEL_LOCAL_VIEWER,GL_TRUE); glLightfv (GL_LIGHT0, GL_SPECULAR,specular); glLightfv (GL_LIGHT0, GL_INTENSITY,intensity); glColor3f(0,0.5,0.996); glBegin(GL_POLYGON); glVertex2f(0,0); glVertex2f(1000,0); glVertex2f(0,150); glVertex2f(1000,150); glEnd(); glTranslatef(q,w,e); glPushMatrix(); glColor3f(1.0,0.0,0.0); draw_boat(); draw_fishes(); glDisable(GL_LIGHTING); glDisable(GL_LIGHT0); draw_cloud(); glClearColor(0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0); glPushMatrix(); glColor3f(1.0,1.0,1.0); glTranslated(400,400,10); glutSolidSphere(20.0,500,100); glPopMatrix(); glColor3f(1.0,1.0,1.0); glBegin(GL_POINTS); glVertex3f(300.0,400.0,10.0); glEnd(); } glPushMatrix(); glTranslatef(ba,bb,bc); glPushMatrix(); draw_bird(); glPopMatrix(); glPopMatrix(); GLfloat i; glPushMatrix(); GLfloat x=0,y=100,j=0; int k; //draw_water(); q+=25; fq-=3.5; if(q>=440.0) //470 q=-390.0; //400 if(fq<=-300) //500 fq=400.0; //400 wa-=1; if(wa<=(-20)) wa=-0.5; ba+=6; if(ba>=500) ba=-400; glFlush(); glutSwapBuffers(); } void display(void) { draw_all(); } void color_menu(int id) { switch(id) { case 1: flag=0;break; case 2: flag=1;break; case 3: flag=2;break; case 4: exit(0); break; } glutPostRedisplay(); } void main_menu(int id) { switch(id) { case 1: break; case 2:exit(0);break; glutPostRedisplay(); } } int main(int argc,char **argv) { int sub_menu; glutInit(&argc,argv); glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_RGB|GLUT_DOUBLE); glutInitWindowSize(1000,1000); glutInitWindowPosition(0,0); glutCreateWindow("Ship"); sub_menu=glutCreateMenu(color_menu); glutAddMenuEntry("Morning",1); glutAddMenuEntry("Evening",2); glutAddMenuEntry("Night",3); glutAddMenuEntry("Quit",4); glutCreateMenu(main_menu); glutAddSubMenu("View",sub_menu); glutAddMenuEntry("Quit",2); glutAttachMenu(GLUT_RIGHT_BUTTON); glutDisplayFunc(display); glutIdleFunc(display); myinit(); glutMainLoop(); glFlush(); }

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  • Which "platform" should we use for a notifier-component?

    - by cwap
    Hi all We need to develop a notifier component. What it will do, is to scan a database at given intervals (say, every 15th minute), to see if any notifications needs to be sent out. We're running on Windows, and so we've been looking into either a Windows Service or the Windows Task Scheduler. Our biggest concern is the robustness of our implementation. If it, for some reason, crashes, can it be auto-restarted the next interval? Can we use custom logging logic, to take care of crashes? I'd like an educated guess on what to use here :) Feel free to say if you need additional info, to make such a guess.. Props will be given if someone could make a short listing of the pros n cons of a windows service vs. the windows task scheduler. Also, it should be noted, that we aren't set on either of these, so if you have any alternatives, please, do post away. Thanks in advance :)

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  • How to handle dependency files in a cross-platform manner?

    - by Brian Knoblauch
    I'm working on updating an old app. It has some dependency files that live in the same directory as the app. Obviously this broke when Windows Vista came out (since it violates the API and Vista/7 now enforce that (XP didn't)). Ideally, I'd like to avoid hardcoding anything into the app for just Windows. I can live with that if I have to though. I've already been down that path with pulling the APPDATA and LOCALAPPDATA environment variables, but that doesn't help any since they just give you the current user area... I need these to live somewhere accessible for all users, and I'd like to obey the Windows API expectations that they go into the all user appdata area. Suggestions?

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