File name length

[Guest]

Hi,

I have an Access application that I want to run on Windows 95 and above. My
application has a rather long file name and I know that it is fine on Windows
98 and above, but I don't know about Windows 95. Can someone tell me what
the maximum nunber of characters that a Windows 95 file name can have?

Thanks,

 

[Rick B]

Why don't you check the Womdpws 95 help file, or post your question in a
Windows newgroup. This question really does not have anything to do with
Access (aside from the fact that the file happens to be an Access database.)

Godd Luck,

Rick B

 

[John Vinson]

Hi,

I have an Access application that I want to run on Windows 95 and above. My
application has a rather long file name and I know that it is fine on Windows
98 and above, but I don't know about Windows 95. Can someone tell me what
the maximum nunber of characters that a Windows 95 file name can have?

Thanks,

Not sure about the Win95 issue, but... see the performance suggestions
at

http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/performancefaq.htm

Amongst them, as I recall, is a recommendation that filenames and
folder names (full path names in fact) should be kept reasonably
short. Deeply nested path names seem to cause extremely slow
performance.

John W. Vinson[MVP]