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Re: Long Filenames with Applescript
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Re: Long Filenames with Applescript

  • Subject: Re: Long Filenames with Applescript
  • From: Emmanuel <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 13:49:53 +0100
At 8:22 +0100 8/03/01, Matt Van Drie wrote:

>set name of fooFile to "New File Name"
>
>Unfortunately, I recieve an error if the new name is longer than 31
>characters. Is there anyway to rename a file to a long name with
>AppleScript?

With or without AppleScript, you may not with current systems set a file
name to be longer than 31 characters.

Emmanuel

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References: 
 >Re: OS 9.1 Woes - AS Broken, How to Fix? (From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>)
 >Long Filenames with Applescript (From: Matt Van Drie <email@hidden>)

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