Hi! I have modified the function included in TOTWGPG to load bitmap files and today I discovered a very weird erro while I was using this function in my app. Here´s the section that´s giving me a headache: int LoadBitmapFile(BITMAP_FILE_PTR Bitmap,char *lpFileName,DDPIXELFORMAT &ddPixel) { int iFileHandle, iCounter; UCHAR *lpTempBuffer = NULL; OFSTRUCT FileData; memset(&FileData,0,sizeof(OFSTRUCT)); if(-1==(iFileHandle = OpenFile(lpFileName,&FileData,OF_READ))) { DWORD d = GetLastError(); return BMP_FAILED; } // More code. } // End LoadBitmapFile(). One function call might look like this: LoadBitmapFile(&Bitmap,"cdabc.bmp",ddPixel); The weird thing is that if I write for the name "cdab.bmp" (assuming there´s such a BMP, of course), the iFileHandle var inside LoadBitmapFile gets a proper value (different from -1). But if I pass "cdabc.bmp" (or "bitmap24.bmp", a longer name), iFileHandle gets the value -1. GetLastError() returned the error code 111 which, according to MSDN, is 111 The file name is too long. ERROR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW Does somebody have a clue of what´s going on in here? If you need more pieces of the code just ask me. Thanks in advance!!

quote:Original post by goldsword
Try sticking with dos 8.3 format.

The book has examples with files with more characters than 8.

quote:Original post by goldsword
Or write a new bmp loader.

I don´t want to write another one, I´d like to know what´s going on here.

Anybody can help me? Thanks!

No, I think the code is really trustable. I´m pretty sure it´s me who´s making a silly mistake. Anyway, I´ll try to make it work in another way. Is it possible that some other function in the program is causing this problem? Thanks!

quote:Original post by dalleboy
From MSDN: "The OFSTRUCT structure contains a pathname string member whose length is limited to OFS_MAXPATHNAME characters. OFS_MAXPATHNAME is currently defined to be 128. Because of this, you cannot use the OpenFile function to open a file whose path length exceeds 128 characters. The CreateFile function does not have such a path length limitation."

I don´t think "cdabc.bmp" exceeds 128 characters. The problem must be somewhere else.

I can't tell you why it's not working, but I can tell you to switch over to CreateFile. MSDN says OpenFile is there to support 16-bit versions of Windows, which not a lot of people use anymore

[edited by - Zipster on August 19, 2002 3:58:27 AM]

Thanks for your posts! I´ll rewrite the function using CreateFile.

dalleboy: I think my path exceeded the 128 characters, because it is c:\archivos de programa\microsoft visual studio\... a lot more. When I read your first post I tought you referred to the file´s name.

Thanks for your answers again! During my next section (I have a dialup connection) I´ll tell you if CreateFile did the trick.