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echo: os2prog
to: Craig Swanson
from: Craig Morrison
date: 1994-10-01 18:30:08
subject: Warp 2 no longer accepts long file name DLL`s

Craig Swanson doth sayeth in a message unto Craig Morrison:

CS> software over which I have complete control -- when it comes
CS> time to update the software after we get the first release
CS> done, we'll probably distribute updates such that they
CS> reformat the hard disk of the system and load the most
CS> recent OS/2 and the software.  Since this software is

  Ouch.. Sounds like pounding a nail in with a jack-hammer to me. :-)

  Wouldn't it be simpler to just scan the drive (or LIBPATH) for
occurrences of the DLL and delete them? RexxUtil's SysFileTree would make
this a snap.

CS> the problem, or at least 90% of it.  A "standard" format for
CS> naming DLL's might help, also.  If you used the first 4

  In theory this would be nice and would work for in-house projects. But
for widespread use it would be nearly impossible without some type of
registry that is accessible to everyone producing DLLs.

 See ya,

Craig
cam{at}wpc.cioe.com

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