Extended Length Support in File Functions (Beta) - For Reference - (Moved)

[Jon 933]

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Extended Path Checked (should have worked ok in 3.3.12.0)
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DirCreate
DirGetSize
FileExists
FileFindFirstFile
FileFindNextFile
FileFlush
FileGetAttrib
FileGetEncoding
FileGetLongName
FileGetPos
FileGetSize
FileGetShortName
FileGetTime
FileGetVersion
FileRead
FileReadLine
FileReadToArray
FileSetPos
FileWrite
FileWriteLine


Extended Path Fixed in 3.3.13.1+ (Didn't work correctly in 3.3.12.0)
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FileCopy
FileDelete
FileMove
FileOpen (when used with DirCreate flag)





Extended Path Rewrite Needed
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DirCopy (shell32)
DirMove (shell32)
DirRemove (shell32)

FileSetAttrib
FileSetTime
FileCreateNTFSLink

FileInstall


IniDelete
IniRead
IniReadSection
IniReadSectionNames
IniRenameSection
IniWrite
IniWriteSection


Extended Path Incompatible (Underlying API does not support) - Some may be possible to rewrite 
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FileChangeDir
 (no function exists that can set directory with long paths)

FileCreateShortcut (shell32)

FileGetShortcut
 (shell32)
FileOpenDialog
 (shell32)
FileRecycle (shell32)

FileRecycleEmpty
 (shell32)
FileSaveDialog
 (shell32)
FileSelectFolder 

(shell32)

[Mat 369]

Do you need a C library for ini functions? Would it help if it was written using the old plugin headers and AutoIt types from that?

[Jon 933]

Nah, it needs to be a non-C library version that uses the Win32 API CreateFile/Read/Write functions.

[Iczer 15]

hmm... if there are extended length support in file functions to come - is some dedicated function to validate normal/extended length path/filepath planned?

[orbs 191]

tested with latest beta 3.3.13.16 - tested DirCreate() found it is working, but it requires the calling script to add the unicode prefix.

tested DirRemove - it works only if i do NOT add the unicode prefix (if i add it, DirRemove fails).

adding the unicode prefix selectively to existing scripts would be a considerable headache.

any chance of making all relevant File* and Dir* functions add the unicode prefix internally?

[GogoTraining 1]

Some dedicated function to validate normal/extended length path/filepath planned?