PalmOS 3.x.x has a filename length limit. Any file on a memory card with too long a name either won't be shown, will be shown with a size of 0, or may be shown with the correct size, depending on the application. In all cases a file with too long of a name will not be able to be copied or moved to onboard RAM. (Files put on the card with a seperate card reader.) What the user _won't_ get is a correct error message saying why*!
01234567890123456789012345678901.012 To check my filename lengths, I put the above line in a text file then copy and paste below it, of course using a fixed width font. Would be nice if Plucker conversion utilities had an option for name length checking for OS 3.x.x and older. I don't know if OS 4.x can use longer names, but I know 5+ can. I always have to shorten the names on stuff I get from a friend with a Tungsten E and Zire 72. *I had to figure the max length out on my own, nobody I asked, not Palm Inc. nor anyone who uses an older PDA could tell me the number. Palm Desktop just pops some error that says nothing _useful_ like "Filename too long for this version of Palm OS. Please shorten it to a maximum of 31.3 characters." Play Chess? Ask me about JETAN at Fandemonium! www.fandemonium.org August (Fri) 4th, (Sat) 5th & (Sun) 6th, 2006 Make your own Jetan set. http://members.ispwest.com/gregg1/jetan/jetanmod.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ plucker-dev mailing list plucker-dev@rubberchicken.org http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-dev
