Re: [NTLK] Save to non-internal, non-default store?

From: Laurent Daudelin (Laurent_Daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Wed Feb 11 2004 - 15:17:24 PST


On 11/02/04 18:17, "Donald Wilson" <marchie_at_donaldwilson.info> wrote:

> A number of programmes have the "Save new entries to internal store"
> options. If not checked of course, then the programme saves to the default
> store.
>
> But is there a reason a package can't have a store that it specifically
> uses that is neither of the other 2? Such as, Mail V loaded on an ATA card
> partition that only saves to the partition it is loaded on?
>
> Can this kind of thing be programmed in, with a catch to save to the
> default store if the selected store isn't available?

This can definitely be done and the system provides all functions to the
developer to do this. If you look at Newtscape, it has options to save HTML
files and images to an external store, such as a flash RAM card, in addition
of supporting the default store and the internal store. It really depends on
how the developer wrote his application...

-Laurent.

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