Re: [Bug-gnubg] Bug when opening from file icon a match saved in .sgf

[Nardy Pillards]

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On 12 Oct 2003 at 16:58, Joern Thyssen wrote:


> Isn't there some environment variable we can query or some function we
> can call that'll return the path to "program files"? Or will this only
> work if installed in the default suggested directory? Is it somehow
> possible to find out where gnubg was installed?
>
> If possible, it should be trivial to initialise the data directory
> with this value.
>
> Jørn
>

You can read the Registry.
(Installation Archive keeps the Installation Directory there)

But you can also set (and read) an environment variable.
DOS command:
SET xyz=[value]

I would opt for the second choice, although the WinPro(g)s will say:
No way. Use that Registry!!


- --
Louis Nardy Pillards

"It's better to light a candle, than to curse the darkness"


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