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From: "John Cardinal" <>
Subject: [TMG] 4.0D and 8.3 External exhibit names
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 12:54:23 -0500
In-Reply-To: <20011201.074746.-16543009.0.steven.chall@juno.com>


Two things:

1. Every file has a valid 8.3 name. Off the top of my head, I forget all the
rules regarding how Windows converts the long name to an 8.3 name. To see what
8.3 name is used for a particular file, you can use the "dir /x" command in a
DOS window. It will show the long name and the short name side by side.

2. I just did a quick test, and TMG's Exhibit facility seems to have a problem
when an external image points at a file whose 8.3 name includes an apostrophe.
If you use an internal image, no problem. If you use an external image, it lets
you pick the name, but when you try to show the image it doesn't show anything.

I did the test on a Win2K machine. I have no idea about other platforms.

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