Long File Names

[Den E]

Greetings.


Is there any way to config (or hack) Pro/E so a user can use long file names for directories, parts, assemblies, etc?





Thanks in advance.

 

[Mindripper]

This is an OS issue, not a CAD issue.


Define your idea of long. I know that Windows (and perhaps Unix) was limited to 128 characters in the full pathname for a long time, but I believe this has been increased in XP. Spaces in filenames continues to bedevil some Windows applications, and are best avoided. Unix simply will not tolerate them, as is true of Pro/E. Just say no to spaces in filenames: it's a good habit.

 

[Den E]

Mindripper:


Long=more than 32 characters.


We are using WinXP 64. Pro/E limits me to 32 characters.

 

[AHA-D]

This is an OS issue, not a CAD issue.

It is not. It's ProE enforcing rules because it wants to keep the basics work cross-platform.


It's a strength for compatibility but a weakness in functionality. Lots of Windows functionality in filestructure is lost (embedded bitmaps, file property fields, ...)


Alex

 

[Den E]

AHA-D:


Thanx for the backup.


Den E

 

[jelston]

i did a little experimenting with this. Each section (between\ \, ex \My Document\) must be shorter than a certain length with no spaces and the entire address my be less than a certain length. I didn't have the patient to figure out specifics.

 

[Den E]

jelston


I don't get what you are trying to say.

 

[AHA-D]

Jelston refers to total path length. As well as there are limits to a filename there is also a limit to the full address.


This is equally true in Windows. You can use long names for files and directories but there is a limit. I had the case in a previous company where I had made a file and someone else moved it on the server. Doing a search I thought it was lost but it wasn't. Someone else found the document without problems. Difference : he was on XP an I was still on 2K. The company had a system of very deep directories with descriptive names. This brought the total path to a length that was over limit for 2K (around 480 characters, if I remember well) but not for XP. One thing is sure : the string naming a file location isn't endless.


Alex

 

[jelston]

I'm referring to the total path length and the length of each folder name. The length of each folder can be no more than a certain number of characters, and can not have spaces. The total path name can not be more than a certain LARGER number of characters and it of course will not have spaces if each folder will not.

 

[Den E]

AHA-D & jelston:


Thanks for the clarification.


A file with about 480 characters! Holy holograms! If we did that here at Hawk Technology, we'd be shot. Anyway, it's very rare if I need a file name that is more than 32 characters, but I would like to have maybe 64 characters at my disposal, which should be plenty.


Thanks again.

 

[mjcole_ptc]

If only English had a symbol based language system we could have single character abbreviations for commonly used words.

At least PTC doesn't insist that we use punch cards anymore.

Michael