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01/07/1998 11:03:53
Cetin Basoz
Engineerica Inc.
Izmir, Turkey
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00113366
Message ID:
00113497
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>>>>I have created a distrib app that takes up 4 1.44 diskettes and when I go thru the install on setup.exe on disk #1, halfway thru I ALWAYS get the message "Could not open the file named:'A:\MYTOOLBAR.VT' "
>>>>retry/cancel. This is a major unexplained hurdle for me, Is there a work around? Thank you!
>>>Tim,
>>>I'm not sure but try with filenames that conform to 8.3 naming standart. A similar problem was corrected by just doing that (thanks to Bruce Campbell).
>>
>>Cetin, does the 8.3 naming standard mean up to 8 chars?
>Yes, like old DOS. Instead of "MYTOOLBAR.VT" you could use "MYTOOLBR.VT".
>Cetin

Yes, that worked, thanks, but I shouldn't have to do this?
"Build a man a fire, and he's warm for a day.
Set a man on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life."
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