Clipper & Long file Names 2

[KellysClipper]

Hello everyone.

I have Clipper 5.3 and have noticed when I read my directory structure I see my files in a DOS 8.3 file format. Does anyone out there know if there is any libraries or functions that will let Clipper read the full long file names?

Thanks in advance,

Kelly

 

[wht]

Hi kelly:
What you want is "dblfn005.zip" from

http://www.the-oasis.net

Just click on "the oasis source archive" then
in "the oasis - libraries"
search for "dblfn005.zip" file and download it...
Clipper read the dark black full long fille names?
Post your result in this forum, please!

Happy Clipping!

Walt

 

[KellysClipper]

Hey, that works quite nicely, except for one thing. When using the

If File(<cFilename>)

function, it ALWAYS returns false, even if the file exists. Other than that, it works very well opening files with fopen() (which is what I needed to do). I have not tried to open a DBF file with a long file name but assume it should work too.

Thanks for the Help!

Kelly

 

[liviorem]

I have the same problem also with dbase5. Do you know a solution?
Thanks a lot.
Liviorem