Re: Writefile problem

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1999


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 25019
interpreted = N
texte = My thanks goes out to whoever at tech support sent me this email.
Apparenty some of the applicants had been typing their phone # as
000/000/000 instead of 000-000-0000.  As you said a / is an illegal
filesystem character and the file just didn't  write.  I just ran a bunch
of tests and found a better way to name the file.

Thanks again!,

-RW

PCS Technical Support wrote:

>[WriteFile file=./jobs/[url][name][phone][/url].tpl&secure=F]

What kind of error checking are you doing to make sure that [name]
and [phone] do not contain illegal filesystem characters?  Depending
on which operating system you are running, the computer cannot create
files with letters like /, \, :, or even the quote character
itself.  Also, some filesystems limit file name lengths to 8, 11, 31,
or 255 characters.

Can you characterize the filenames which were *not* written?

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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >[/WriteFile] > >[include file=thankyou.txt] >[include file=incoming.txt] > > >Please Help!!!!! >-RW------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to ================================ Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant 808-737-6499, http://webdna.net ================================------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

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My thanks goes out to whoever at tech support sent me this email.
Apparenty some of the applicants had been typing their phone # as
000/000/000 instead of 000-000-0000.  As you said a / is an illegal
filesystem character and the file just didn't  write.  I just ran a bunch
of tests and found a better way to name the file.

Thanks again!,

-RW

PCS Technical Support wrote:

>[WriteFile file=./jobs/[url][name][phone][/url].tpl&secure=F]

What kind of error checking are you doing to make sure that [name]
and [phone] do not contain illegal filesystem characters?  Depending
on which operating system you are running, the computer cannot create
files with letters like /, \, :, or even the quote character
itself.  Also, some filesystems limit file name lengths to 8, 11, 31,
or 255 characters.

Can you characterize the filenames which were *not* written?

Technical Support                      **********************************
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16855 West Bernardo Drive              |   -------------------------
Suite 380                              |     eCommerce (WebCatalog)
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858.675.1106                           |  http://www.smithmicro.com
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >[/WriteFile] > >[include file=thankyou.txt] >[include file=incoming.txt] > > >Please Help!!!!! >-RW------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to ================================ Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant 808-737-6499, http://webdna.net ================================------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Robert Wade

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