MR0304 opens with DOS file name?

[J Coulston]

I am running WinXpPro and MR0304 when I double click to open a MC9 file, MC truncates the file name and path to what looks like an old eight character DOS file name. If the file name is "S20215 4 POLE HOUSING LEFT & RIGHT.MC9" Mc will open it as S20215~2.MC9.

My box at home opens with the correct file name. I have tried CNCreg, File Get both Standard Windows and MasterCam, same problem. SP2 on the same box will still open correctly.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks

[Greg McKay]

I am not sure if this will solve your problem.

 

I have received calls from customer running XpPro

with Mastercam and not being able to see long file names.

 

It is a different problem but the solution is to change a setting in Windows Explorer.

 

Open explorer and go to tools, folder option, veiw and turn off hide extension for known file types.

[Mark Baker CNC Software]

John,

 

I was having the same problem on my system with MR03304. I had installed the latest maintenance release and then had to reinstall an older version of 9. I found that doing a re-install of MR0304 with the repair option solved my problem.

 

Mark B

[Mike Whitten CAD/CAM Contractors]

FYI,

 

Hello,

 

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I am running WinXpPro and MR0304 when I double click to open a MC9 file, MC truncates the file name and path to what looks like an old eight character DOS file name. If the file name is "S20215 4 POLE HOUSING LEFT & RIGHT.MC9" Mc will open it as S20215~2.MC9.

My box at home opens with the correct file name. I have tried CNCreg, File Get both Standard Windows and MasterCam, same problem. SP2 on the same box will still open correctly.

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I am having the exact same problem at home because I am running XPPro but I just havn't got around to figuring it out yet.

 

So, have other people also had this problem?

 

mab, Thanks for the tip, I will try that.

 

Mike

[J Coulston]

I repaired MR0304, no change. Right click open with V9.1SP2, everything is fine. Right click open with MR0304, truncated file name.

 

MR0304 opens correctly on one computer not on the other.

 

Thanks

[Mike Whitten CAD/CAM Contractors]

I don't know?

 

Does anyone else have XP and not have this problem?

 

Thanks

[J Coulston]

Bump

 

Anyone figure this out?

[P_Scott]

J Coulston,

 

I believe Greg McKay hit the nail on the head. Try his solution. The problem is not in Mcam or in Win XP itself. We have been using Win XP Pro for a couple of years now in every version of Mcam since V7. The Windows Explorer settings are what controls the name length of the file to read. HTH

[RandyN]

I have XP-pro and don't have the problem, other guy here has 2k-pro and has the problem when double clicking a MC file to open it, so its not only an XP problem.

[J Coulston]

I tried the suggestions when Greg offered them, they didn’t change the behavior. Just checking to see if anyone had some other ideas. I will try to dig out my V9.1 disk and repair that install and then repair the MR0304 install.

 

Thanks

[Mike Whitten CAD/CAM Contractors]

Thanks Peter,

 

I will have a look when I get home as I still have the problem.

 

Mike

[Fralex_francois]

no problem here with xp and mc9 mr0304

[Teh Bear without Brains kinda idiot]

Never use spaces in your names ,use_

Winnie_teh_pooh not Winnie teh pooh in any windows Os to stay away from troubles

 

Teh Winnie not wanting to go deeper

[J Coulston]

I never have trouble with spaces in any other program. Only MR0304. This_does_not_work I have the exact same problem.

[Mike Whitten CAD/CAM Contractors]

It truncates it after eight characters.

 

Mike

[Mike Whitten CAD/CAM Contractors]

Thanks WTP for the help.

 

I just can't figure it out. It is at home so I can't play with it here but I do think it is the length not the spaces.

 

Thanks,

 

Mike

[Thad]

No problems here with WinXP Pro and MR0304, long file names, spaces in file name, or with extensions not showing.

 

Thad

[Mike Whitten CAD/CAM Contractors]

so..Thad, you can double click the file in Exploring and it will be ok?

 

Thanks

[Shawn Wentzel- Wenteq Inc]

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No problems here with WinXP Pro and MR0304, long file names, spaces in file name, or with extensions not showing.

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Mine also works fine!

[Teh Bear without Brains kinda idiot]

It depends on what File system do you have ,what

Internet Explorer release ,what release (home or pro ) and so on .

If you have fat32 chances for problems are higher

[Thad]

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so..Thad, you can double click the file in Exploring and it will be ok?

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Yes, I can double click a long file name with spaces and extension showing and it will open with no problems.

 

Thad teh nah nah nah naaaaah nah (j/k)

[Mike Whitten CAD/CAM Contractors]

Cool!

 

I wish I knew what this was. I am in the process of building a new AMD / XPpro machine and I sure hope it won't do it.

 

thanks,

Mike

[P_Scott]

Mike and John and others,

 

One suggestion to avoid this is to simply forget about double-clicking on a file to open it in Mcam from Windows Explorer. I've found other issues doing this that simply didn't exist when performing a File-Get from within Mcam. I realize it's faster to open a file in Mcam when double-clicking it from Explorer but I don't trust Microsoft to make their software compatible with Mcam so it runs flawlessly. Windows Exploder hasn't earned that knickname for no reason. Keeping the O/S updated isn't a bad idea either. Updating software is like changing the oil in your car. It's the "best mechanic" for preventative maintenance. HTH

[Mike Whitten CAD/CAM Contractors]

Thanks Peter