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  1. Apr 17th, 2015, 06:57 PM #1
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    Re: is it to long filename?

    Quote Originally Posted by i00 View Post
    Your problem is this:

    Now.ToString((myFile) + "MM-dd-yyyy"))

    as this is formatting Now to "VolvoPentaMM-dd-yyyy" ...
    Believe it or nnot, it will still work... the date portion will actually format out to the date it should. But it should be noted that ANY part of the text that is in that string WILL be formatted... so the 'n' in Penta will come out with the month in it.


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    Re: is it to long filename?

    Quote Originally Posted by techgnome View Post
    Believe it or nnot, it will still work... the date portion will actually format out to the date it should. But it should be noted that ANY part of the text that is in that string WILL be formatted... so the 'n' in Penta will come out with the month in it.


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    I know that you "can" put other things in the formatting section that are not number / date related ... but IMHO this is REALLY, REALLY bad practice!

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    Re: is it to long filename?

    Quote Originally Posted by i00 View Post
    I know that you "can" put other things in the formatting section that are not number / date related ... but IMHO this is REALLY, REALLY bad practice!

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    hehehe, agreed. like shooting my foot. I CAN do so but it would be a really bad idea.


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