> We all know that cf8 appends a "1" to the end of the file name to make > a unique new name, which works fine, until the file name gets to 255 > characters. Is there a way to change this behavior? I have a web > application that users check out/in documents and there are some > documents that are heavily used and are reaching a point that the names > no longer work in windows due to the length of the names. Anyone have > any suggestions?
Instead of serving the file with the system-generated name, you can just rename it yourself, if you're serving it with CF using the CFCONTENT tag. Keep track of your file names in the database. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:317652 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4