Path too long exception

Peter

How to deal with this exception?
I need to quickly make my appl to be able to open files beyong this limit
Any help appreciated.

Peter

Mar 14 '08 #1

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John Saunders [MVP]

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How to deal with this exception?
I need to quickly make my appl to be able to open files beyong this limit
Any help appreciated.

I believe this is a limitation of Windows, not of .NET.
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Mar 14 '08 #2

Fred

Dans : news:uQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl,
John Saunders [MVP] disait :

"Peter" <wo**********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:fr**********@news.uar.net...
>How to deal with this exception?
I need to quickly make my appl to be able to open files beyong this
limit Any help appreciated.

I believe this is a limitation of Windows, not of .NET.

I think some Windows API can handle path longer than 260 chars in their
Unicode version.
But the framework defines the max to 260.
So, the solution could be to use API perhaps.

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Fred
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Mar 14 '08 #3

Peter

Thanks

I already found out myself.
It is limitation of ansi WinAPI.
Found quick solution here:

http://www.abtollc.com/products.aspx

there are c++ and .NET wrapper.

Thanks

Fred wrote:

Dans : news:uQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl,
John Saunders [MVP] disait :
>"Peter" <wo**********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:fr**********@news.uar.net...
>>How to deal with this exception?
I need to quickly make my appl to be able to open files beyong this
limit Any help appreciated.

I believe this is a limitation of Windows, not of .NET.

I think some Windows API can handle path longer than 260 chars in their
Unicode version.
But the framework defines the max to 260.
So, the solution could be to use API perhaps.

Mar 14 '08 #4

Michael Nemtsev [MVP]

Hello Peter,

use unicode version if winapi.
Just user the "\\?\" prefix for this http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247.aspx

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miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo
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Pthere are c++ and .NET wrapper.
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PThanks
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PFred wrote:
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>Dans : news:uQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl, John Saunders
[MVP] disait :

>>"Peter" <wo**********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:fr**********@news.uar.net...
How to deal with this exception?
I need to quickly make my appl to be able to open files beyong this
limit Any help appreciated.
I believe this is a limitation of Windows, not of .NET.

I think some Windows API can handle path longer than 260 chars in
their
Unicode version.
But the framework defines the max to 260.
So, the solution could be to use API perhaps.

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