so what happened to the 31 character length file names that MyDmFindDatabase() will use ?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Logan Shaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <palm-dev-forum@news.palmos.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 11:08 AM Subject: Re: function FileOpen() > Drew Haninger wrote: > > Does anyone know if the function FileOpen() is restricted to 7 ASCII > > characters ? > > It would appear so. As far as I know, a File Stream's name is just the > name of the database that stores the file stream. That would mean whatever > rules apply for one apply for the other. > > And the Data and Resource Manager documentation says, under the definition > of the dmDBNameLength constant (a strange place to put this information, > incidentally) that "Database names must use only 7-bit ASCII characters > (0x20 through 0x7E)." > > I'm kinda surprised to see that, though. I'm not sure if people really > follow that rule strictly. I would expect support for people who use > languages that have accented letters (like French or Spanish) to want > to put and to try to put accented characters in database names. > > - Logan > > -- > For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
