What method are you using to obtain the path that the file is being saved to? If you aren't using FileXtra4, try it instead and see if anything changes.
http://kblab.net/xtras/ Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer The Creative Group www.cre8tivegroup.com 859/858-9054x29 cell: 859/608-9194 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 4:38 AM Subject: RE: <lingo-l> FW: File IO - bad filename > Cheers, Guys. > > Still no luck really, the file being saved is going into the users My_Documents folder, and the full path from c:\ to the end of the file extension is 68 characters when the file worked, and 70 characters when it fails. > > I did see someone mention about slow machines causing problems. > > Anybody? > > Regards, > > Andy. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 September 2003 21:59 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> FW: File IO - bad filename > > > > Hi Andy, > > Was the problem encountered during createFile or openFile? > > I've recently found that using baShortFileName is necessary in openFile() on Windows machines, but needs to be avoided in createFile(). Are you using baShortFileName at all? > > If the path they are saving is longer than--if I recall correctly--127 characters, it will be a bad file name. It is very possible to have a problem on the same machine with two different filenames simply because one filename pushes the total file path above this maximum, and the other doesn't. > > Regards, > > Daniel > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
