Hi Bob, Every single one of the paths and file names have spaces in them - both in the ones that are linking and the ones that are not. On my own tree I have a similar format in the way of spaces and there is no problem, so I don't feel it will be that but I will change things bit by bit first - the type of extension then change the file name (leaving spaces in) and at the end will remove spaces if needs be but I will wait for Brian first, he has done a lot of work on this to date. Thank you for the suggestion, will keep it in mind.
Regards, Marion On 13 August 2015 at 11:52, BobsTree2-Gmail <[email protected]> wrote: > Some versions of Windows used to have problems with "space" characters in > paths and filenames. This is easily fixed by enclosing the entire path in > "double quotes". Does that help? > > Bob Hansen > > > On Aug 12, 2015, at 23:37, marion wimsett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Brian, > > I decided to try one now as I might forget tonight (grey cells sleep > early!). > First one I tried is a .PNG - which is allowable in the list. > It doesn't link it, doesn't do anything. Just blank with no message (I am > linking it myself as the Media Relinker said it couldn't find it. > Dimensions are 941 x 1121 pixels. Bit depth 24. Size 478 kb > Location Is : \\NASWIMSETT\Family Tree AW\Stephen Edward Wimsett > (Wilmshurst) & Sarah Cushman\Stephen arrival notice.png > Before I change anything with this (file name first and then change it to > a jpg) is there anything you can see that is wrong? > > Thank you again, > > Marion > > On 13 August 2015 at 10:36, marion wimsett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. 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