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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 6:35 am
by e34m5
Some of the Windows OS's still need the DOS 8.3 file descriptions when executing from a command line. SUch is the case with ExtInstall.
The reason we did not spot this is because XP does not care. Nils and I were both testing in XP. It wasn't until I tried it in W2K that I discovered the problem.
Glad it works for you.....
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:19 am
by johnsfine
I've used ExtInstall many times (on at least 3 different versions of Windows) with filenames that are not DOS 8.3.
I thought it was enough to enclose the filenames in quotes on the command line.
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:30 am
by e34m5
Apparently this happens when calling the ExtInstall from IR.
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:52 am
by chasman1964
e34m5 wrote:Some of the Windows OS's still need the DOS 8.3 file descriptions when executing from a command line. SUch is the case with ExtInstall.
The reason we did not spot this is because XP does not care. Nils and I were both testing in XP. It wasn't until I tried it in W2K that I discovered the problem.
Glad it works for you.....
Hmmm... it is still curious that I saw different behavior than you, because I am also using Windows XP. However, I will not argue with success. Thanks for your efforts.