Wierd CommonDialog MultiSelect problem.

[ManaUser]

It works normally with one or a small number of files selected, but if I
try to select a lot (have't nailed down the exact number yet) I get
something like this:
C:\Program Files\Dink Smallwood\Junk\STORY\À”ü¿4Ž
That is, the correct path, but instead of the files names, just a small
blob of garbage.

Any ideas? (fixes, workarounds, or guesses on why it's doing this.)

--
As you become a more powerful and subtle programmer,
your errors, too, will become more powerful and subtle.
-- Mitchell Waite & Stephen Prata, New C Primer Plus.

[Raoul Watson]

"ManaUser" <ma************@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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It works normally with one or a small number of files selected, but if I
try to select a lot (have't nailed down the exact number yet) I get
something like this:
C:\Program Files\Dink Smallwood\Junk\STORY\À"ü¿4Z
That is, the correct path, but instead of the files names, just a small
blob of garbage.

Any ideas? (fixes, workarounds, or guesses on why it's doing this.)

Make sure you DIM the string to hold the file name and not restrict it to a
certain size only.

[ManaUser]

Raoul Watson wrote:

"ManaUser" <ma************@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:3F***************@earthlink.net...

It works normally with one or a small number of files selected, but if I
try to select a lot (have't nailed down the exact number yet) I get
something like this:
C:\Program Files\Dink Smallwood\Junk\STORY\À"ü¿4Z
That is, the correct path, but instead of the files names, just a small
blob of garbage.

Any ideas? (fixes, workarounds, or guesses on why it's doing this.)

Make sure you DIM the string to hold the file name and not restrict it to a
certain size only.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I even get that result directly off the
cdl control's filename property, so I wouldn't think my varable matters.

--
As you become a more powerful and subtle programmer,
your errors, too, will become more powerful and subtle.
-- Mitchell Waite & Stephen Prata, New C Primer Plus.

[Jeff North]

On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 03:58:45 GMT, in comp.lang.visual.basic ManaUser
<ma************@earthlink.net> wrote:

| Raoul Watson wrote:
| >
| > "ManaUser" <ma************@earthlink.net> wrote in message
| > news:3F***************@earthlink.net...
| > > It works normally with one or a small number of files selected, but if I
| > > try to select a lot (have't nailed down the exact number yet) I get
| > > something like this:
| > > C:\Program Files\Dink Smallwood\Junk\STORY\À"ü¿4Z
| > > That is, the correct path, but instead of the files names, just a small
| > > blob of garbage.
| > >
| > > Any ideas? (fixes, workarounds, or guesses on why it's doing this.)
| > >
| >
| > Make sure you DIM the string to hold the file name and not restrict it to a
| > certain size only.
|
| Thanks for the suggestion, but I even get that result directly off the
| cdl control's filename property, so I wouldn't think my varable matters.

You might want to right mouse click on the commonddialog control and
set the maxFileSize property to a large number. The default is 260
characters. I usually set this to 1024 or 2048.
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[ManaUser]

Jeff North wrote:

You might want to right mouse click on the commonddialog control and
set the maxFileSize property to a large number. The default is 260
characters. I usually set this to 1024 or 2048.

That sounds like a good place to start. Thanks.

--
As you become a more powerful and subtle programmer,
your errors, too, will become more powerful and subtle.
-- Mitchell Waite & Stephen Prata, New C Primer Plus.