saving parameter settings in standalone app

the best call is to always address the Preferences-folder of the user who installs your standalone. On both Windows and Mac these are always in the same location and all files stored there will be unaffected by removal of the application or a version update. On a Mac, for instance, this will be ~/Library/Application Support/[Application name]/. In this folder you can save a .json file from a dictionary, or preset files from [pattrstorage], etc. — and everything will be recalled regardless of what happened in the meantime to the standalone. Note, that the 'Application name' you need to specify as attribute to the [standalone] object @preffilename 'Application Name'. This will automatically create a folder with this name once the user first opens the standalone. In order to provide support for both Windows and Mac you will need to query the OS using [gestalt], for example and handle paths accordingly.

In fact, I am still building an entire stanlone wrapper which handles all these cumbersome nuisances in one object, including version changes, initalisation flags, Max preferences, paths to directories based on whether it is a standalone or not, automatic parameter saving, etc. etc. — it can get really involved very quickly. but first off, the Preferences Folder is what you want to address and manage. Should people express interest, I'll gladly share it for beta testing...