Returns the name of the configuration file for this executable.

Return Value

Missing <returns> documentation for M:serial.Utils.getCfgFileName

Remarks

The name of the configuration file is build using the following rules:

• The directory of the configuration name is always Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData. For example for Windows CE/Mobile it is \Application Data, for a german version of Windows XP it is %UserProfile%\Anwendungsdaten and for Mono running on Unix it is $HOME/.config. If the special folder for Application Data is not defined (shouldn't happen, but on broken .NET implementations it may be sometimes the case), then the directory of the exe file is used as fallback instead. Warning! If the directory doesn't exist, it should be created first manually. Else none of the applications in this package will be to store and read their settings and they will always appear with the default settings. The programs don't usually create these directories by themselfes.
• The name of the configuration file wis the same as the name of the exe file, without extensions.
• The extension is always ".cfg".

Example: for the exe file c:\Program Files\serial\sgps.exe running on a german version of Windows XP the name of the configuration file will be constructed as %UserProfile%\Anwendungsdaten\sgps.cfg, %UserProfile% usually points to c:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME% on an english and c:\Dokumente and Einstellungen on german desktop versions of MS WIndows.

See Also

Utils Class | serial Namespace

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