Guillaume Evrard

i've got a little problem with pattstorage (everything is in the title), i can't manage to create the xml file... i didn't find any information on the -37 error code, i only found something on the 32 one.

pattrstorage-could-not-create-file-37

isn't it the file name number of characters limitation on osX ? : 

only 31 characters allowed (28 + dot + pat = 32). (i already had this 

problem, but don't remember the error code). if you try to write a 

file containing more than 31 characters with a message to an object, 

> i've got a little problem with pattstorage (everything is in the 

> title), i can't manage to create the xml file... i didn't find any 

> information on the -37 error code, i only found something on the 32 

isn't it the file name number of characters limitation on osX ? :  
only 31 characters allowed (28 + dot + pat = 32). (i already had this  
problem, but don't remember the error code).  if you try to write a  
file containing more than 31 characters with a message to an object,  
it produces an error.

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http://mathieu.chamagne.free.fr

>
> hi list,
>
> i've got a little problem with pattstorage (everything is in the  
> title), i can't manage to create the xml file... i didn't find any  
> information on the -37 error code, i only found something on the 32  
> one.
>
> please help.
>
> g
> --
> GE
> http://ge.lib.free.fr/


thanks a lot, name length was the cause...

Quote: mathieu.chamagne wrote on Thu, 05 July 2007 16:19

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> isn't it the file name number of characters limitation on osX ? 

File name limits are set by the underlying file system, not by the OS. On top of that, HFS+ supports 255-char file names.

The issue is that HFS+ provides a legacy interface to the original HFS File System calls. It is these calls that are limited to 31-char file names. That's not a problem in itself, it just a problem that Max is still using the old calls.

Here's hoping that Max 5 also overhauls the interface to the Mac file system.

Quote: mathieu.chamagne wrote on Thu, 05 July 2007 16:19
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> isn't it the file name number of characters limitation on osX ? 
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The issue is that HFS+ provides a legacy interface to the original HFS File System calls. It is these calls that are limited to 31-char file names. That's not a problem in itself, it just a problem that Max is still using the old calls. 

Here's hoping that Max 5 also overhauls the interface to the Mac file system. 

pattrstorage could not create file (-37)