I would suggest a space is ascii code 32 which is 20 in hex. A letter A is ascii code 65 (41). That is what is stored by windows. Note they are both the same length.
The confusion appears to originate as when putting a space in a command line it has to be entered as " " (ie 3 characters). It is not stored that way. It's just a way of telling the operating system the space is part of the surrounding characters and not some other type of dividing character. Browsers cannot display spaces as such and so display them as the hex version %20. I believe this combined path/file length is a red herring as I set up the exact path and filename as the OP and it worked fine. The file format error does not suggest it is a path/name problem but a file format error. Regards Adrian Sent from my android device. -----Original Message----- From: Sherry/Support <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Next problem - Unsupported format Just something I learned from one of the geekier members of my Legacy SIG <g> "Best practices for file naming" https://library.stanford.edu/research/data-management-services/data-best-practices/best-practices-file-naming And another one from Fordham U "What’s In a Name? A Lot Actually" http://next.fordham.edu/?p=230 Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Michele/Support <[email protected]> wrote: > I didn't know that a space counted as three! > > Michele > Technical Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > www.legacyfamilytree.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sherry/Support [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 9:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Next problem - Unsupported format > > A space is counted as three characters in Windows. So it's a good idea to not > leave blank spaces in file names and folder names. Use an underscore or > hyphen to separate words. > > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree 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
