Richard Leggett on New Media

I develop on a Mac and mainly use XP for Windows testing from time to time, given that you rarely encounter an OS inconsistency when developing AIR, this is infrequent.

So when I need to look at the files my app’s store in the applicationStorageDirectory I often find myself googling for the file-system paths on Windows, particularly Windows Vista and 7. Here’s a list of the paths for your and my reference:

• Windows XP: c:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\APP_NAME
• Win Vista/7: c:\users\USERNAME\appdata\roaming\APP_NAME
• OSX: /Users/USERNAME/Library/Preferences/APP_NAME
• Linux (ubuntu): /Users/USERNAME/.appdata/

Also worth remembering that when running with adl/Flash Builder the storage folder will be named simply “APP_NAME", but when installed as an application the folder would append a publisher ID for AIR 1.5.2 apps (e.g."APP_NAME.1234567.8″), however from AIR 1.5.3 apps this is no longer true, it will maintain the simple “APP_NAME” folder name. (See AIR 1.5.3 release notes).

If you are using the migration strategy (adding <publisherid></publisherid> to your app manifest) for AIR 1.5.2 -> 1.5.3 your app storage folder will keep this publisher ID so files are still readable from AIR 1.5.3. Please correct me in the comments if any of this is wrong.