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Re: E/L (and possibly others) 1.99q9 BUG: will not recognize filename
>>>>> "Mat" == Mat Hostetter <mat@ardi.com> writes:
In article <m0txbO3-000GOKC@gwar.ardi.com> mat@ardi.com (Mat Hostetter) writes:
>>>>> "Donald" == Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com> writes:
Donald> a) "FAQ- Running Executor under FreeBSD" is NOT a valid
Donald> Mac filename, and either Word and/or Executor was at fault
Donald> in NOT telling me "hey, that's not a good filename" when I
Donald> saved it.
Mat> My understanding is that Macs can't have filenames longer
Mat> than 32 characters (and your filename has more than 32), so
Mat> this is probably the culprit.
The limit is 31 characters, filenames of 32 characters or more are
invalid. Executor should have sent the proper error message up the
chain for Word to deal with, although there's a chance that it didn't.
I've logged this and will look into it sometime.
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com
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