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Re: E/L (and possibly others) 1.99q9 BUG: will not recognize filename
In article <m0txbO3-000GOKC@gwar.ardi.com>, Mat Hostetter <mat@ardi.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "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.
>
>My understanding is that Macs can't have filenames longer than 32
>characters (and your filename has more than 32), so this is probably
>the culprit.
Yes, thats true, but isn't Word and/or Executor supposed to *insure* the
filename does not exceed certain limits? I know in most of the programs I
use (on my Mac) they will issue a warning dialog when you exceed 32
characters, and this happens as you type the 33 character.
I would suspect Executor being at fault. In fact, I just tried a program
under Exec right now, and when I enter a long filename, not only does it
not warn me when I exceed the 32 char limit, but the input area (for the
filename) doesn't scroll over as I exceed the end of the box, which it
should. I can't even use the cursor to arrow over the filename area which
exceeds the box to correct any errors in the name.
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