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<DIV><SPAN class=105284415-18092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>No, it
doesn't really matter, unless you are hard coding the path somewhere. (ie,
if you take the path, and store it in a table, and then try to use it somewhere
else. If the system is saving the long file names, on one machine, and you
try to use that long file name on a system that wants the short file
names.....then there's a problem. But if you just get the path, and use
it, on the same machine, it shouldn't matter.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=105284415-18092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Drew</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader 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, September 17, 2003 3:15
PM<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>
<DIV> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV> </DIV>
<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>