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BUG: OpenFile() Doesn't Handle Forward Slash ("/") Character

Article ID: 111588

Article Last Modified on 11/6/1999

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit 3.1

This article was previously published under Q111588

SYMPTOMS

OpenFile() does not correctly handle paths beginning with a forward slash character ("/") (for example, as in "x:/").

CAUSE

The forward slash character "/" is put into the normalized name as is, instead of being converted to a backslash character ("\"). OpenFile() is not implemented to check for the forward slash character.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Windows version 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: buglist3.10 3.10 backward

Keywords: KB111588