Resources in Painter IX
Linda Antonsson
I just noticed that in addition to storing various resources in the
directory into which Painter IX was installed, some of these resources
are also duplicated under Documents and Settings/<User>/Application
Data/Painter IX.
I would guess that the duplicated brushes contain the settings for when
they were last used, so that appears to make sense. But why is it that
Painter.pap, Painter.nzl and so on are duplicated there as well? Given
the size of some of those files, it seems a bit wasteful.
Linda
Imaging Dev
In article <41653c7b_2@cnews>, Linda Antonsson <li...@mbox321.tele2.se>
wrote:
> I just noticed that in addition to storing various resources in the
> directory into which Painter IX was installed, some of these resources
> are also duplicated under Documents and Settings/<User>/Application
> Data/Painter IX.
Yes, that is intentional. Painter no longer writes to its own folder
(where it is installed), it only writes to the "Application Data" folder.
This change was made to allow Painter to run in multi-user environments,
to make it easier to upgrade Painter (since its own folder never
changes) and to make it easy for you to delete a corrupted file (e.g.
Painter.SET), which will be re-created automatically by Painter.
--
ImagingDev: Creating Imaging Solutions for Corel
Tom Tilney
The files in the user file location are the ones Painter runs from, for the
most part. This avoids Painter reading and writing from the application
files and reduces the risk of corruption. You could delete the user files
(Not the Application Files!!) and they will be regenerated the next time you
open Painter. Also, it makes it easy to restore Painter to it's factory
defaults by simple holding down the shift key when booting. Third point is
that those files are regenerated from the application files when you reboot
Painter. This is just the quick answer, I'm sure a more detailed one will
come along.
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Linda Antonsson
Thanks for clearing this up for me. :) I wonder, though, where is it
intended that users should place additional resources, like libraries
with textures or patterns? In the program directory or under Documents
and Settings?
Linda
Tom Tilney
Linda,
You can leave them where ever they are right now. I wouldn't put them in
the Painter IX folder if you are planning on upgrading. If you are not
careful, you can lose them.
I have a separate folder labeled Painter libraries, that I keep all of my
libraries from all my
Painter versions. I use it for a backup and it make for a convenient common
source point.
Tom
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