[AccessD] File Created with wrong name

Hi Reuben

Yes, if all you receive is a zip with a file given a short name, that's it.
Why the short name was zipped is difficult to say. In Win9x with FAT or FAT32 file system I think you could set it up to use short filenames only; I'm not sure about NTFS file system.

A primitive method to preserve the long file name is to save it as text in a text file, say filename.txt, and include that in the zip. Then, at the receiver, unzip both files and read the true name from the text file.

/gustav

>>> reuben at gfconsultants.com 13-01-2006 17:32 >>>
The file in question was emailed to me and that long name thing does not
work on it (is that possibly lost in the emailing).

More importantly, why did their system store the file this way?

If I ALWAYS run this GetLongFileName on the path and file I plan to FTP I
should always get the correct path.  Because if I pass the long name I
should get the long name, correct?

Reuben Cummings
GFC, LLC
812.523.1017


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Reuben
> Cummings
> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 11:07 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] File Created with wrong name
>
>
> Gustav, do you mean that although the file name is chrtta~1.zip that the
> full name is still associated to it and can be found thru that second
> function you sent?
>
> I'm sure this is another one of those things I've missed out on by never
> taking computer classes of any type.
>
> Reuben Cummings
> GFC, LLC
> 812.523.1017