Creating files in temporary memory

[AzorMachine]

Hi everyone.
I was creating a tool using RMXP, and I just need to know, how to create a file, in a temporary folder(I think Windows has a particular one, or something like that, but don't know the name), to be deleted after the game closes. Should be a reference data, with a big size, like 40mb~100mb.
How to create and delete files, I know, but my question is, in Windows, there is a folder destinated to it? Any suggestions and ideas are welcome.

 

[Drago del Fato]

Well first thing to do is to get windows temp folder (back in 98 it was a in C:\Windows\Temp\ but since XP it has changed to User folder and Windows\Temp was only left for backwards compatability).

And how to obtain it's location depends on programming language you're currently using, but mostly it can be obtained from enviroment variables, or registry.

When you create those files, keep the path of every file in list which will be used at the end of the program to delete it.

Again how to do it depends on which programming language you're using.

 

[Zeriab]

Use ENV['TEMP'] for finding the temporary folder.

On a side note it seems that you can create files, but cannot delete files procs given to at_exit in RMXP.