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QString getApplicationDataPath(void)
/*static function to determine the application directory
 the directory is returnded WITH a trailing slash*/
{
    static QString path;
    if (!path.isEmpty()) return path;
 
    /* if we havn't yet done so, determine the full db file name and make sure the directory exists
         determine path for application data dirs*/
    #ifdef Q_OS_WIN32
        wchar_t buf[MAX_PATH];
        if (!SHGetFolderPathW(NULL, CSIDL_APPDATA, NULL, 0, buf))
                path = QString::fromUtf16((ushort *)buf)+"/";
        else
                path = QDir::homePath()+"/Application Data/"; // this shouldn't happen
    #else
        path = QDir::homePath()+"/";
    #endif
 
    /*create subdir*/
    QDir dir(path);
    dir.mkdir(".MY_PROG_NAME");
    path += ".MY_PROG_NAME/";
 
    return path;
}