Mac filenames with Mac-specific characters

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Guest

Hi,

I have some file names created on a Mac which have characters which the user is disallowed from entering under Windows. I copy them to a Windows 2000 server and try to read them in programmatically using FindNextFile(). This returns a file name with the question mark character substituted for the original character. However, when the file is viewed on a Mac the proper characters appear (e.g. /|\*"<>). Does anybody know where the original file name is stored and how I can get at it using the Windows API?
 
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Pierre Duhem

Hi,

I have some file names created on a Mac which have characters which
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the user is disallowed from entering under Windows. I copy them to a
Windows 2000 server and try to read them in programmatically using
FindNextFile(). This returns a file name with the question mark
character substituted for the original character. However, when the file
is viewed on a Mac the proper characters appear (e.g. /|\*"<>). Does
anybody know where the original file name is stored and how I can get at
it using the Windows API?

Use Unicode.
 

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