All your your suggestions except the first which uses spaces are perfectly
valid. This is absolutely nothing to do with either Legacy or Microsoft but
variable standards (?) used throughout the industry. As I said previously
the problem only really arises if one starts to create websites. As long as
one avoids spaces, adopts a system that is easy to use and remember and is
always used then there should not be a problem.
Ron Ferguson
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From: "John R. Bayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [LegacyUG] Naming source files
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:16:03 -0400
Kay wrote:
> QUESTION: Am I on the right track? Was the article
> correct regarding the use of the underscore "_"? Is it
> the proper spacer to use for LEGACY? Please shoot my
> method down before I get much further if you have a
> better method.
I almost never use blanks in file names. I use underscores.
The only OS I know of that supports them is the Windoze
family. Clever way for BG to "lock you in" to his OS, thinks
my cynical side.
There is another alternative. Use Capital letters.
For examples:
smith family genealogy.mdb
smith_family_genealogy.mdb
SmithFamilyGenealogy.mdb
Smith_Family_Genealogy.mdb
I'm not a fan of using dashes, except in dates, but as
has already been pointed out, that's another approach.
jr
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