Creating a config file from Poser Python

[English Bob]

Here's a VERY OLD set of scripts [...]
I'm no longer writing python stuff for release, so I have no problem at all with permissions or licensing. Just ask.
http://ockhamsbungalow.com/PPP/Loader.zip

I'm fooling around with @ockham's loader script from the above-quoted thread. In Poser 11 / Windows 7 it runs into a permission error because it tries to create its config file in the Program Files folder. I can make it work by hard-coding a path for the file to somewhere that isn't protected. That's not good coding practice. What would be the cleanest way to create a file that can be written to on any OS, Mac or Windows?

 

[phdubrov]

Something like
poser.PrefsLocation() + 'myscriptdir/myscript.conf'

 

[English Bob]

PrefsLocation

Perfect, thanks!

 

[ockham]

That's a good hint. I'm pretty sure you can do without the config file altogether. Loader was meant to be a sort of all-purpose control panel, storing your preferences for many functions. If you're just redoing the morph-loading part you wouldn't need the config file.

 

[English Bob]

Thanks @ockham! I just thought I'd try the whole package to begin with, out of interest more than anything. I haven't had much tinkering time recently. As you say I doubt a config file will be needed for the fragments I want to 'be inspired by'.