Re: Make readdir stop returning short (8.3) filenames

jdporter,
I haven't had the displeasure of trying Windows 7 yet but I found this article which suggests a work around might be to use the native API and call the GetLongPathName function.

Cheers - L~R

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Re^2: Make readdir stop returning short (8.3) filenames by jdporter (Paladin) on Apr 05, 2011 at 15:05 UTC
Thanks, LR. I tried that; bizarrely, it returned the correct long name but then attempting to open the file failed with "no such file" errors.	[reply]
Re^3: Make readdir stop returning short (8.3) filenames by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Apr 05, 2011 at 15:27 UTC
jdporter, Barring any wonderful insight here from the monks, the next thing I would do is ping the Active State mailing list (assuming it is AS). Jan Dubois has been a wonderful help to me in the past with regards to bizarre windows problems (when I was forced to develop on Vista for a client). Cheers - L~R	[reply]