SaveDocument() file name character limit?
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Hi -
I switched from Mac to Windows a few months back and am now experiencing a problem with one of my scripts. I'm using SaveDocument() to create some individual files from the models in my main document. The script isn't necessarily failing but I'm getting a alert that my export has failed. The best that I can come up with is that I'm running into a 64 character limit on the filename on Windows. I've taken a test model and re-worked it's name and 64 characters exports but 65 and longer do not.I do believe that there was a time when that was a thing but the current OS supports longer filenames. Can you please confirm if it's a limitation in the sdk? or maybe it's a python problem? Either way I'm just looking for some confirmation so I can stop beating my head against the wall.
Thank You
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Hi,
I really don't think, our API has any additional constraints in regards to filename length compared to the operating system's constraints. If I'm not completely mistaken Windows still has a limit for the length of complete paths, I mean the sum of path and filename.
Additionally I could imagine there may be even stricter limits depending on the filesystem in use (i.E. exotic network filesystems, old FAT formatted USB devices,...).Here's what Microsoft has to say about this: Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces
To be honest I haven't read the entire article, but the above mentioned limit seems to be 260 characters.Cheers,
Andreas -
Problem was with the total path length versus the file name length. 256 characters for the entire path and filename.
