MXS Bike Setup Application (v3.1 01-Aug-2010)

[yzmxer608]

I'm having problems downloading it, MediaFire says it's an invalid file or it was deleted.

[Servatis]

I can download it just fine myself.. i'll try to find a second place to upload it for you, hang on

[yzmxer608]

Hmmm, it worked now , must have been a lag in the connection or something.

[LuKe]

one word.......SUPERB

[Servatis]

Hmmm, it worked now , must have been a lag in the connection or something.

good to know, was just about to go searching

[narm33]

some one post a setup so i can try it....................?

[magnusson]

hey wen i try to load a settings this comes up:

what do i have to do???

[Servatis]

like the instruction sais on the first post, the MXS Bike Setup Application.exe file should be located in your personal folder.
if it's not in the personal folder the application will not be able to locate the config file (this will probably be fixed in the next version).

[Vellu]

(this will probably be fixed in the next version).

I don't think it's necessary, because we can always do a shortcut to the desktop. And it would be hard I think because xp and vista have different adresses for pers. folder.

[Servatis]

(this will probably be fixed in the next version).

I don't think it's necessary, because we can always do a shortcut to the desktop. And it would be hard I think because xp and vista have different adresses for pers. folder.

well there is a specially designed class in the .NET framework that allows for easy access to those user folders. So that is not the problem.
There is another problem though; getting into the personal folder from the outside results in denied access on vista/win7, havent tested on xp yet. that was the initial reason for me to program it this way.
trying to find a way around is not as easy as I thought it was, or I might just be looking in the wrong direction

[jlv]

like the instruction sais on the first post, the MXS Bike Setup Application.exe file should be located in your personal folder.
if it's not in the personal folder the application will not be able to locate the config file (this will probably be fixed in the next version).

Use SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, path, CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA, 0) to get the local appdata folder, then add "MX Simulator\config" to the returned path.

[Servatis]

well i use,

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string configPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData) + "\\MX Simulator\\config"; 

to save the path, which after a little research i found does basically the same thing as your suggested code.
it works fine on my laptop which runs vista(messed around with admin rights and login etc. to get rid if annoying messages), I haven't tried it on XP yet.
but on my PC which runs Windows 7, it throws an exception that the folder is not accessible due to rights on the folder.

now i was thinking since you can change the attributes of a file(read-only, hidden, etc) through code, the same is probably true for folders.
but i have yet to find a way to temporarily give the app the rights to access the folder.

[DJ99X]

due to rights on the folder.

Thats what shits me about Windows 7, all that folder permission shit

[ddmx]

Ever since XP windows has been anal about "user account control".

[DJ99X]

Yeah, UAC annoys the shit out of me. I ended up disabling it completely, despite the risks it may involve.