It's not just .NET. Many functions in the Win32 API have the same limitation unless you use UNC path names (in which case the limit is 32767 characters).
Daniel Madill -----Original Message----- From: Edwin Castro [mailto:egca...@gmail.com] Sent: May-03-13 2:10 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Heat with file path longer than 260 chars report an error That character limit on paths is imposed by .NET. :-( On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Marco Tognacci <mark...@live.it> wrote: > I have used HeatDirectory to harvest a folder with many subdirectories and > files, but Heat.exe report an error because the filepath of an item is > larger than 260 chars (with the name and the full subdirectories path)Is > there any way to harvest a folder with may subdirectories as the single > filepath is longer than 260 chars? > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite > It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production > Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. > Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap2 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- Edwin G. Castro ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap2 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap2 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
