Win32 Applications Don't Support Some Macintosh Filenames
Article ID: 108057
Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
This article was previously published under Q108057
SYMPTOMS
Some filenames created on a Macintosh computer are incompatible with Win32
application programming interfaces (APIs). These filenames include spaces
or are very long (256 or more characters). NTFS supports these file names,
but all Win32 applications do not. Because of this, unexpected results can
occur when performing file operations on these files.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT
Advanced Server version 3.1. This problem was corrected in the latest U.S.
Service Pack for Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. For
information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords: kbother KB108057