At 03:59 PM 2/14/2002 +0000, Jason Morgan wrote: >Hry creating a .ddb then save it and exit. >Rename it to a file with a single quote in it. > >e.g. >MyDatabase.ddb -> Jason's Database.ddb > >Then try opening it. > >Hmm, where did that database go.....
P99SE SP6, W2000, adding the single quote or apostrophe caused Protel not to recognise the file, it asks me to add it to a new database. When I refused, the file was not overwritten, it was recovered for use by renaming it to remove the errant character. There are certain nonalphanumeric characters that always work in filenames. I think that apostrophe is not one of them. I use underscore and hyphen a lot, and space now works in Windows, but I like to keep more portability and the use of old utilities, etc., so I tend to stick with underscore if a space would otherwise be appropriate. But I no longer try to stay within the 8.3 limits. Good riddance. Fortunately DOS -- at least the DOS that comes with Windows with long file names allowed -- allows also a method of accessing those long file names through an alias. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abdulrahman Lomax Easthampton, Massachusetts USA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
