Re: [Linphone-users] Linphone Windows Idea: Put config file into app's dir to enable USB stick usage

[Simon Morlat]

Ok, thanks for the explanation !

Simon

Le mardi 13 février 2007 18:29, Conrad Beckert a écrit :
> Hi Simon,
>
> nice to hear from you
>
> > I'm not a windows specialist:
>
> neither am I - and proud of it :-)
>
> > can you explain me what is the "application's
> > directory" ? Do you mean c:\Program Files\Linphone ?
>
> Yes - this is what I mean. While I'm aware that writing into that
> directory is not a good idea I would like to have it as an alternative
> directory.
>
> > Currently it looks at a config file in c:\Document and
> > Settings\<user>\Application Data\Linphone which appears to be the windows
> > standart path for application's user profiles.
>
> Linphone doesn't depend on The Registry - so it could be started from
> any directory. Some Internet Cafés - like e.g. Easy Everything feature
> USB sockets for their clients. Having Linphone to look for its
> configuration in the directory the .exe is in, would allow the user to
> preconfigure his/her preferred VoIP provider.
>
> One would just save that configuration file along with linphone.exe (and
> some dll s) on an USB-memory stick and carry it around. That'd be
> extremely cool as many such cafés have MSN and Yahoo only but webcams.
>
> Greetings from Berlin
> Conrad
>
> > Le mercredi 7 février 2007 18:06, Conrad Beckert a écrit :
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> just an idea I had: what about looking for the Windows version's config
> >> file in the application's directory first. It would make it possible to
> >> run a configured Linphone off an USB memory stick which would be
> >> extremely cool in all the MSN/Yahoo infested Internet cafés.
> >>
> >> Greetings
> >> Conrad
> >>
> >>
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