convert path - error when path contains host name

jweksej · Post by **jweksej** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:12 pm

The short path is like that:
\\\\host\\folder1\\folder2\\.....
After conversion to long it looks:
\\folder1\\folder2\\.....

any workaround exists exept tedious parsing to extract host name from short path?

The reason of path convesion was cmd on XP - it does not support short paths...

regads
Jarek

jimo · Post by **jimo** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:59 pm

I do not believe that Convert path is intended to convert a UNC path, rather it is meant to either convert c:\\Program Files to c:\\Progra~1
or convert c:\\Progra~1 to c:\\program files.

jweksej · Post by **jweksej** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:30 am

But you never now how user will start the installer. He can start it from not mapped location and then the current path will start from \\\\hostname....
And it makes problem...

jimo · Post by **jimo** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:08 am

Then don't let them start from a UNC path or change whatever you are trying to run using cmd on XP to using "Run Program" or "Run Program As". You are the developer you can control how the user runs the installer.