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<DIV><SPAN class=282463611-18092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It can
matter depending on what you will do with it. For example, the activeX
component for FTP in Access97 cannot handle spaces in path and file names, so
therefore you would need to the shortname.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=282463611-18092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Christian Brock</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Backroads Data
[mailto:backroad@idir.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 17 September 2003
16:15<BR><B>To:</B> AccessD<BR><B>Subject:</B> [AccessD] Short vs. Long File
Names - Does it matter?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Hi -</DIV>
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<DIV>When I use CurrentDB.Name in code, sometimes it returns using short
names, like this:</DIV>
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<DIV>C:\DOCUME~1\JULIES~1\MYDOCU~1\DEVELO~1\SomeFile.mdb</DIV>
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<DIV>and other times it uses long names, like this:</DIV>
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<DIV>C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\JULIE SCHWALM\MY
DOCUMENTS\DEVELOPMENT\SomeFile.mdb</DIV>
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<DIV>Does anyone know why it would vary? (Sometimes re-booting gets it
to switch back to long file names, but not always - and not today!)</DIV>
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<DIV>I guess more important - does it matter? In code I want to create a
small text file in the same directory where the app is stored. Other
code will go look for this file and read its contents.</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm using Access 97 and WinXP for development. Finished product
will be Access97 runtime installed on anything from Win95 and up. TIA
for any insights.</DIV>
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<DIV>Best Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Julie Schwalm<BR>Backroads Data<BR><A
href="http://www.backroadsdata.com">www.backroadsdata.com</A><BR>785-594-6807</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>