MacAliasRecord 1.1 review

Do you need to save the location of a FolderItem in your Preferences file and retrieve that item later again when your app is relaunched? Do you currently solve this by saving the AbsolutePath property of the FolderItem? Here's why you want to use this class for this task: If the user moves or renames the item, the saved absolute path will not be valid any more, and the item would be lost.

License: Freeware OS: Mac OS X File size: 0K Developer: Thomas Tempelmann Price: $0.00 Updated: 26 Jun 2006

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Do you need to save the location of a FolderItem in your Preferences file and retrieve that item later again when your app is relaunched?

Do you currently solve this by saving the AbsolutePath property of the FolderItem?

Here's why you want to use this class for this task:

If the user moves or renames the item, the saved absolute path will not be valid any more, and the item would be lost. However, using the MacAliasRecord to save and retrieve a FolderItem location, you will most likely be able keep the reference to the item, similar to a Alias file that you can create in the Finder. As a bonus, you can even locate items on removable and to network volumes, providing the user with the login dialog to the server.

What's New:
Added "needsUpdate" property, added store/retrieve examples in this doc, finished a second sample project.