Cast member name limit bug

[Gary]

I can assign a long name to a member's name property, but if I try to
retrieve it by that name, it fails.

For example, the following statement is successful, and you can even see
the long name in the cast window:

MyMember.name = "C:\Dev\Company\Restructure\Source\imported files\more
imported files\PdcMod1 centered with a really long file name that's now
even longer.swf"

However, the following returns an empty member:

AMember = member("C:\Dev\Vucom\Restructure\Source\imported files\more
imported files\PdcMod1 centered with a really long file name that's now
even longer.swf")

Is this a known bug?

[Andrew Morton]

Notice the extension .swf has been chopped off the member's name.

Andrew Morton

[Gary]

Andrew Morton wrote:

> Notice the extension .swf has been chopped off the member's name.

It's not chopped off for me. I can see the entire name. In fact, I
copied the name from the cast window and pasted it from there into my
message.

[Gabriel]

i didnt know such a problem existed.
It does stop working at character 128.(longer names than 127 chars fail)
seems like a planned limitation...


gabriel

[Gary]

Here's a workaround I came up with:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Returns the cast member with the specified name.
-- Takes into account names longer than 127 characters.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
on GetIconMember(MemberName)

if MemberName.length < 128 then
return member(MemberName)
else
repeat with i = 1 to the number of members of castlib "Internal"
if member(i).name = MemberName then
return member(i)
end if
end repeat
end if

return void

end

[DigitalPimp]

Instead of going through all the trouble of scripting for file names
that are too long, just stick with the old conventional 8.3 file naming
scheme.
I noticed that any file name that's longer than 8.3 gets truncated like
a DOS name: 123456~1.ext - I saved myself a bunch of headaches by
sticking with the 8.3 format. I do not know if this applies to later
versions of Director, but it seems to help in Dir 8.5.

HTH

Gary wrote:

> Here's a workaround I came up with:
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> -- Returns the cast member with the specified name.
> -- Takes into account names longer than 127 characters.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> on GetIconMember(MemberName)
>
> if MemberName.length < 128 then
> return member(MemberName)
> else
> repeat with i = 1 to the number of members of castlib "Internal"
> if member(i).name = MemberName then
> return member(i)
> end if
> end repeat
> end if
>
> return void
>
> end

[JPrice]

The original poster was talking about a limit on a cast member name. You're
talking about file names.

If you upgrade to 8.5.1, I think you'll find that your truncation issue will
disappear.

Judy

"DigitalPimp" <dgtlpmp247@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:bor452$msr$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Instead of going through all the trouble of scripting for file names
> that are too long, just stick with the old conventional 8.3 file naming
> scheme.
> I noticed that any file name that's longer than 8.3 gets truncated like
> a DOS name: 123456~1.ext - I saved myself a bunch of headaches by
> sticking with the 8.3 format. I do not know if this applies to later
> versions of Director, but it seems to help in Dir 8.5.
>
> HTH
>
> Gary wrote:
>

> > Here's a workaround I came up with:
> >

>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

---

> >
> > -- Returns the cast member with the specified name.
> > -- Takes into account names longer than 127 characters.

>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

---

> >
> > on GetIconMember(MemberName)
> >
> > if MemberName.length < 128 then
> > return member(MemberName)
> > else
> > repeat with i = 1 to the number of members of castlib "Internal"
> > if member(i).name = MemberName then
> > return member(i)
> > end if
> > end repeat
> > end if
> >
> > return void
> >
> > end

>