Custom path for NewItems folder? / %dropbox% fake variable

[rhoelzl]

Hi,

1. Is it possible to change the path of the NewItems folder? I would like to use a folder inside my dropbox to share NewItems between computers.

2. It would be very practical if XY could introduce a "fake" system variable %Dropbox% that points to the root of the Dropbox folder (for those machines where dropbox is installed obviously).

Cheers,
rh

[admin]

1) Already possible since v10.90.0103 - 2012-03-15 11:34:

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    + Admin Settings: Added a new section [Paths] to Admin.ini, which 
      can be used to overwrite some otherwise hard-coded data paths. 
      Currently two keys are supported (here with sample values):
        [Paths]
        Catalogs=C:\CommonXYCatalogs\
        NewItems=\\North\Share\XY\NewItems\
      Usage:
        These settings can be used for example to share Catalog and 
        NewItems resources across a network by different members of a 
        team. Or to let different configurations (/ini=...) share the 
        same resources.
      Notes:
      - FYI, the default paths are:
        Catalogs: <xydata>\Catalogs\
        NewItems: <xydata>\NewItems\
      - The administrator is responsible for a sensible rights 
        management. E.g. shared Catalogs should be read-only for the 
        normal user to avoid write conflicts.

2) I think you can do that yourself. There is a way to add custom environment variables IIRC.