Dos FileNames

[Jeroen Elias]

Ok, now if that does not work, I am thinking that the name MOBOSaveActivity is longer than the DOS file/directory name 8(.3) format and fPImport cannot handle long file names.
You probably have to specify the DOS short name for that directory, like MOBOSa~1 (you can find it using 
the DOS prompt and give the command DIR).

Regards,
  Jeroen




  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Art Moore 
  To: Jeroen Elias ; filePro List 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 22:19 
  Subject: Re: Dos FileNames


  Jeroen,

  Thank you for your response.  Your suggestion of using two slashes instead of one worked to the extent that the error message is properly syntaxed.  It still tells me that the file does not exist and that just is not correct.  I have tried other directories and so far the only one that works is a single directory that has only 8 characters.

  Hoping to get some other responses...

  Art

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Jeroen Elias 
    To: Art Moore ; filePro List 
    Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 4:34 PM
    Subject: Re: Dos FileNames


    Art,

    Try adding more backslashes in the filename, I see that every character following the "\" 
    disappears, because it is treated as a special character.
    So if you change the file name to the following, I expect it to work:
    c:\\MOBOLead\\MOBOSaveActivity\\Inbox\\activity.csv


    Regards,
      Jeroen



    ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Art Moore 
      To: filePro List 
      Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 23:18 
      Subject: Dos FileNames


      Thanks to Walter Vaughn who suggested I 'Google' filePro I have found a program that works very well for me called 'fpimport'.  It was a creation of Howard Wolowitz I believe.  Thank you Walter and Howard.

      My only question is that I get an error when I try to run the program using the following existing path:

      c:\MOBOLead\MOBOSaveActivity\Inbox\activity.csv

      I get the following error EXACTLY as I have written it below:

      c:MoboleadMobosaveactivitynboxtivity.csv  does not exist
      Make sure the drive letter and path are correct

      The portion nbox is hi-lited.

      The path exists and the file exists just as I listed at the outset.  I have increased the field size of the pathname within the fpimport program to 50 characters which should be long enough.

      Any ideas.  Thank you.

      Art Moore





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