Add comments explaining the workaround for mingw 3.2.3

[wxWidgets.git] / src / msw / stdpaths.cpp

diff --git a/src/msw/stdpaths.cpp b/src/msw/stdpaths.cpp
index d306af2131075b6d5cb8aae2efffcd62020d1bc0..02b714d8f4cdc39a2bdd2df8809d7a277618e188 100644 (file)
--- a/src/msw/stdpaths.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/stdpaths.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
     #pragma hdrstop
 #endif
 
     #pragma hdrstop
 #endif
 

+#if wxUSE_STDPATHS
+

 #ifndef WX_PRECOMP
     #include "wx/app.h"
 #endif //WX_PRECOMP
 #ifndef WX_PRECOMP
     #include "wx/app.h"
 #endif //WX_PRECOMP


@@ -50,6 +52,10 @@ typedef HRESULT (WINAPI *SHGetSpecialFolderPath_t)(HWND, LPTSTR, int, BOOL);
 // used in our wxLogTrace messages
 static const wxChar *TRACE_MASK = _T("stdpaths");
 
 // used in our wxLogTrace messages
 static const wxChar *TRACE_MASK = _T("stdpaths");
 

+#ifndef CSIDL_APPDATA
+    #define CSIDL_APPDATA         0x001a
+#endif
+

 #ifndef CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA
     #define CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA   0x001c
 #endif
 #ifndef CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA
     #define CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA   0x001c
 #endif


@@ -240,7 +246,9 @@ wxString wxStandardPaths::GetUserConfigDir() const
 
 wxString wxStandardPaths::GetDataDir() const
 {
 
 wxString wxStandardPaths::GetDataDir() const
 {

-    return AppendAppName(DoGetDirectory(CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES));
+    // under Windows each program is usually installed in its own directory and
+    // so its datafiles are in the same directory as its main executable
+    return wxFileName(wxGetFullModuleName()).GetPath();

 }
 
 wxString wxStandardPaths::GetUserDataDir() const
 }
 
 wxString wxStandardPaths::GetUserDataDir() const


@@ -268,10 +276,15 @@ wxString wxStandardPathsWin16::GetConfigDir() const
     // this is for compatibility with earlier wxFileConfig versions
     // which used the Windows directory for the global files
     wxString dir;
     // this is for compatibility with earlier wxFileConfig versions
     // which used the Windows directory for the global files
     wxString dir;

+#ifndef __WXWINCE__

     if ( !::GetWindowsDirectory(wxStringBuffer(dir, MAX_PATH), MAX_PATH) )
     {
         wxLogLastError(_T("GetWindowsDirectory"));
     }
     if ( !::GetWindowsDirectory(wxStringBuffer(dir, MAX_PATH), MAX_PATH) )
     {
         wxLogLastError(_T("GetWindowsDirectory"));
     }

+#else
+    // TODO: use CSIDL_WINDOWS (eVC4, possibly not eVC3)
+    return wxT("\\Windows");
+#endif

 
     return dir;
 }
 
     return dir;
 }


@@ -282,3 +295,4 @@ wxString wxStandardPathsWin16::GetUserConfigDir() const
     return wxGetHomeDir();
 }
 
     return wxGetHomeDir();
 }
 

+#endif // wxUSE_STDPATHS