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Re: calling dos program

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From: Ed Mulroy [TeamB]
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 19:03
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You said that it is a DOS program.  The DOS file system does not support
long file names.  You need to use short file names.  Under Win95 and 98 you
can see the short version by doing a DIR.  Under Win 2000 and XP with a DIR
/X

.  Ed

> Fraser Ross wrote in message
> news:4001863f@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
> I think the problem is with file names over a certain length.
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