Lisa, Firstly, JLB is correct when reminding us that the path should also be taken into consideration, this can be long eg. C\Users\Documents\Public Documents\Pictures\... BTW. I previously asked how you are backing the images up, as this may help finding an answer.
If you are using Win 7 o/s then when in your picture directory (folder) use View>List to get a list of just the file names, and you can easily spot the long ones - do not forget that you will need to relink them in Legacy is you change the name! If you have a different o/s and can see how to list the file names please come back to us with the details. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: JLB Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 6:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] error 3163 How many different folders are the pictures in? Are they sub-folders of one folder? If I was trying to track it down, I would use either Directory List & Print or Bulk Rename Utility, both free and both able to give you a listing of folders and sub-folders and the long-names would stand out in either. It's not their fundamental purpose but with a little understanding, either would produce the desired result. --- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ On 6/17/2012 10:17 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Check/Repair did not solve the problem, although it was worth trying. > Thank you, Bobby. > Ron and others - do you know of a way that I can pinpoint the file name > that is too long? I have recently linked MANY pictures to this family > file, so I guess that the name of one or more of them is too long. > Interesting that no error message was displayed when I linked the > pictures... > Thank you in advance! > Lisa Caldwell Garrett > On 06/17/12, Ron Ferguson<[email protected]> wrote: > Lisa, > Check repair, as suggested by Bobby, is worth trying, however this is > not a Legacy error. The Access error with this number indicates that it > may be due to a file name being too long (> 100 characters), or suggests > compressing the file. > How are you trying to back up – using the Legacy multi-media backup, so > some other way? > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > *From:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, June 17, 2012 3:41 PM > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] error 3163 > Dear Legacy Users: > Can anyone advise me as to how I should procede after receiving this > error message? > > Error checking Picture and Sound File Locations. > > Error 3163: The field is too small to accept the amount of data you > attempted to add.Try inserting or pasting less data. > > I received this error message as I was making a back up. I did not > receive it as I was attaching my pictures. I do not have any sould > files. I have searched through the LUG archives, but did not find a > solution. > Any assistance is greatly appreciated. > Lisa Caldwell Garrett > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
