| Re: * Some long filenames do work on NT4.0 !!! * [message #7780] |
Wed, 15 January 1997 00:00 |
Mirko Vukovic
Messages: 124
Registered: January 1996
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Peter Clinch wrote:
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> Joseph M. Zawodny wrote:
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>> My questions are these:
>> Does this work for anyone else?
>> Why does this work at all?
>> When is V5.0 comming out :-)?
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> It works not so much under NT, as NTFS. NT will run on either a FAT
What is NTFS? Can this be made to work on windows95?
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| Re: * Some long filenames do work on NT4.0 !!! * [message #7784 is a reply to message #7780] |
Tue, 14 January 1997 00:00  |
Pirmin Kaufmann
Messages: 3
Registered: January 1997
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Joseph M. Zawodny wrote:
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> [...] I am probably in the minority, but I like long
> proceedure names, like WIDGET_SELECT_PRINTER and WIDGET_SELECT_FILE.
The 8.3 filename restriction was the reason why we finally got IDL for
Unix instead of for Windows 95. You're not alone and may not even be in
the minority!
> These two would be represented as WIDGET_S.PRO in a 8.3 bound FAT
> partition. Hence the major editing job required to fix what can only
> be described as a lack of foresight and a botched release of IDL for
> Windows by RSI. [...]
Pirmin
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| Re: * Some long filenames do work on NT4.0 !!! * [message #7790 is a reply to message #7784] |
Tue, 14 January 1997 00:00 |
Joseph M Zawodny
Messages: 24
Registered: March 1996
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Peter Clinch wrote:
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> Joseph M. Zawodny wrote:
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>> My questions are these:
>> Does this work for anyone else?
>> Why does this work at all?
>> When is V5.0 comming out :-)?
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> It works not so much under NT, as NTFS. NT will run on either a FAT
> filesystem, or if you're not braindead you can set it up on the NTFS
> filesystem, which supports long names. NT's own files are 8.3 to
> support use on a FAT, but as long as you are using NTFS on a drive it
> should store long filenames quite happily.
The partition is NTFS as you guessed. Well, this is great news! All I
have to do now is move all the code I have archived away (waiting for
IDL V5.0) to an NTFS partition and I can run it again. I was waiting
rather than editing the code because I would have had to edit virtually
every proceedure. I am probably in the minority, but I like long
proceedure names, like WIDGET_SELECT_PRINTER and WIDGET_SELECT_FILE.
These two would be represented as WIDGET_S.PRO in a 8.3 bound FAT
partition. Hence the major editing job required to fix what can only
be described as a lack of foresight and a botched release of IDL for
Windows by RSI. I can only hope V5.0 will happily digest my heritage
code.
> As to when will NT 5.0 be released,...
No, I was referring to the IDL V5.0 release.
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| Re: * Some long filenames do work on NT4.0 !!! * [message #7791 is a reply to message #7784] |
Tue, 14 January 1997 00:00 |
Peter Clinch
Messages: 98
Registered: April 1996
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Joseph M. Zawodny wrote:
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> My questions are these:
> Does this work for anyone else?
> Why does this work at all?
> When is V5.0 comming out :-)?
It works not so much under NT, as NTFS. NT will run on either a FAT
filesystem, or if you're not braindead you can set it up on the NTFS
filesystem, which supports long names. NT's own files are 8.3 to
support use on a FAT, but as long as you are using NTFS on a drive it
should store long filenames quite happily. Do not try this on a FAT
floppy, as it will get you precisely nowhere!
As to when will NT 5.0 be released, the answer is probably "when MS
Marketing Department sees a good sales reason to make the next
incrememntal release a major version number"... ;-)
Pete.
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Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 3637 Medical Physics, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net p.j.clinch@dundee.ac.uk http://www.dundee.ac.uk/MedPhys/
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