RE: [Algorithms] User login name

[Mike B. <mi...@mi...>]

Don't do this...

Use GetUserName()/Ex() - you'll be burned by using
SHGetSpecialFolderPath long term...

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Kardamone [mailto:kar...@ya...]
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 11:34 AM
To: gda...@li...
Subject: Re: [Algorithms] User login name


> tool.  The shader tool is embedded directly into the 3d engine.  You
can
> 'pick' any polygon in a scene and invoke the editor to directly modify
the
> surface properties of that material.  This is pretty cool because the
> artists can simply walk around one of their buildings, pick items of
> interest, and then tweak the paramters as much as they want.  This
tool
> allows them to modify every property imaginable, render states,
texture
> blending stages, etc. etc.

Yeah looks great :)

Well this could be a hack : usually the path for user's special folders
contains
user's name witch you can extract from...

try ::SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL,tif,CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY,0);

Kard.