Thread: Extended Filenames

Hello,

I have a program that creates a text file depending on the name I give it and it renames it if the directory already Has a file of that name in it, the thing is that if the filename I give it is already 8 characters and it tries to put a 1 on the end my program goes in to an endless loop.

could anybody help me with using extended filenames.

Thanks.

Sounds like your filename functions are restricted to returning names of no more than eight characters. Borland 4.5 - that's ancient isn't it?

What you could do is this. If the file name is 7 or less in length, add a character, as you do now. However, if the filename is 8 or more, change (increment) the 8th character instead.

Thanks,

I have already started on that process, it's just a simple if and sizeof() thing, I was just wondering if I could use extended filenames, maybe for future reference but for now would be good too.

If I changed my compiler would that make a difference, I thought that the 8 character limit was an operating system thing, am I wrong.

Yes my compiler is ancient but it was free and it has served its purpose so far, If you think I should change I will.

Any recomendations????

The 8 letter thing is a legacy from DOS.

Borland offer a newer compiler for free....also, there's Devc++ which uses Mingw.....