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Dragging a file and the max length file path

From	Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid>
Subject	Dragging a file and the max length file path
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.programmer
Message-ID	<5753b2fc3cbob@sick-of-spam.invalid> (permalink)
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Date	2018-11-08 11:05 +0000

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Hi,

I've been writing a bit of code again and come across a little
mystery. If I drag a file to an application, either StrongED (with
shift key) or my application, the max length of string that seems to
work is 204 including the terminator. 205 and above just doesn't work.

However surprisingly, you can drag a file above 204 to another
directory and it will move/copy.

To me this is odd, am I missing something? Is there a way around the
problem.

Cheers,

Bob.

-- 
Bob Latham
Stourbridge, West Midlands

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Dragging a file and the max length file path Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2018-11-08 11:05 +0000
  Re: Dragging a file and the max length file path Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2018-11-08 16:39 +0000
    Re: Dragging a file and the max length file path Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2018-11-08 17:20 +0000
    Re: Dragging a file and the max length file path Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2018-11-08 21:50 +0000
    Re: Dragging a file and the max length file path Jim Nagel <jnews18c@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2018-11-09 11:57 +0000
      Re: Dragging a file and the max length file path Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2018-11-09 17:29 +0000

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