Thank you Brian for keeping an eye on this one. I have no idea what the problem would have been, I gave up at one point as it was getting too hard to go in and change the file name and then relink but I will have another look at it tonight and see how many are "missing" and do a trial on one or two again and let you know. If it wasn't the length of the file name there must be something in the file name itself. I will let you know if there are problems with the linking on the file later today or tomorrow.
Again thank you for your investigation - any information helps. Marion On 12 August 2015 at 00:22, Brian/Support <[email protected]> wrote: > I have tested a long path/filename string in Legacy. I created a long > path with nested folders until windows would not let me add another > because filenames would not fit into the limit of path lengths. I then > placed a picture in the next-to-last folder in that path. I had > previously linked the file to a person in Legacy 8.0. I used the media > relinker to rebuild to link to the picture and did not get any > unsupported format message. I then added characters to the file name > until Windows would not accept any more. In this way I think I hit the > windows limit on path/filename length. This time, since the file name > was different I told the legacy I would look for the file myself. I > browsed to the long folder/filename and linked it without problem. > > I did not count the characters in the path but I am satisfied that > Legacy can use the longest path allowed by Windows and will not give any > "unsupported format" message. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > On 25/06/2015 11:41 AM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: > > Yeah, I surmised as much but then the idea of creating a folder for > every event and for every person just doesn't sit well with me. But once > again, to each their own. And even with the addition characters in the NAS > drive path, I think the OP is still far from the 255 characters. I just > gotta find time to test this out but I'm stuck painting a house for the > next 3 days. > > > > Brian in CA > > > > > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com > > 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 > > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
