[mapguide-internals] Default installation location for data directories

[Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S]

Is the LocalAppDataFolder not a "per-user" variable?
Since MapGuide runs as a service, I would prefer it to use the current 
%PROGRAMFILES% system.

Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S



Zac Spitzer skrev:
> Well, Oracle, MS SQL Server, Apache and most other apps seems to store
> their data
> under their main install directory....
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> personally, I'd rather keep it as is
>
> I'd rather drop the spaces out of the install paths, makes scripting
> easier, at least
> relatively within the app, ignoring the stupid madness that program
> files is as a
> decision choice
>
> C:\Program Files\OSGeo\MapGuide2.1\Maestro
> C:\Program Files\OSGeo\MapGuide2.1\Server
> C:\Program Files\OSGeo\MapGuide2.1\Web
> C:\Program Files\OSGeo\MapGuide2.1\Data
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> z
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> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 6:45 AM, Jason Birch <Jason.Birch at nanaimo.ca> wrote:
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>> I wonder if we should looking at installing the following into LocalAppDataFolder by default:
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>>  Server\Logs
>>  Server\Repositories
>>  Server\Temp
>>  Server\Packages
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>> I think that this would be more consistent with installer best practices?
>>
>> Jason
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