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Article #207Re: Need help - VFSFileOpen
From: Baxter
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 19:46
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 19:46
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Nevermind - after beating my head against it for two days, I find that the problem was a typo in constructing the pathname (well, not exactly a typo - but close enough). "Baxter" <lbax01.spaminator@baxcode.com> wrote in message news:vf1a7h9pool155@corp.supernews.com... > According to the documentation and the sample code I've reviewed, > VFSFileOpen() requires the full path to the files on the external Memory > Card. The documentation recommends that you store your data in a directory > hierarchy as follows: > /Palm/Programs/<myApp>/<filename> > with possible further subdirectories. > > The problem I've run into is that the full path required by VFSFileOpen > *appears* to be limited to 32 characters - hardly conducive to long > filenames and/or extended subdirectories when you allow for the > "/Palm/Programs/<myApp>/". I've found nothing in the documentation about > this limit. > > Is there indeed a 32-char limit? Or am I missing a step in opening the > file? > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Free software - Baxter Codeworks www.baxcode.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >
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