[x3d-public] view3dscene cannot open file in c:/Users/... (was: MFString quoting)

[Don Brutzman]

C:\Users\don\Desktop\test_kest_mfstring_quotes.x3d worked today, as did renaming back to original.

so either your original supposition about obscure "downloaded from internet" security blocker changed when i touched it, or else random windows persnicketiness i guess.

too bad it's working now, we were going to send "bugfix of the month" award to Vince!  :0

reboots fix many problems, onward...


On 4/27/2017 10:46 AM, Michalis Kamburelis wrote:
> 2017-04-27 16:49 GMT+02:00 Don Brutzman <brutzman at nps.edu>:
>> On 4/27/2017 5:00 AM, Vincent Marchetti wrote:
>>>
>>> I often have this suspicion when there are issues with windows filepaths
>>> in software that operates across several platforms -- is there an issue
>>> with the "\" escaping as it is applied to strings in C-based languages.
>>> Specifically, in your case, C:\Users\don\Desktop\test_mfstring_quotes.x3d ,
>>> is the \t pair being interpreted as a single tab (ascii 9) character. .
>>> Quick test, rename your file to
>>> C:\Users\don\Desktop\kest_mfstring_quotes.x3d
>>>
>>> Vince Marchetti
>>
>>
>> wow that worked!! desktop model loads fine now in view3dscene.
>>
> 
> Wow, I am truly baffled. Are you sure that the rename test->kest
> helped, not something else? This really should not help --- "\t" isn't
> anything special for view3dscene code, and I doubt that WinAPI has so
> serious bug:)
> 
> Also, the "\t" would be troublesome in any directory, not just in desktop...
> 
> Maybe the very fact of copying / renaming the file back and forth
> desktop helped? Can you rename it back to "test_xxx" and check now
> does it still fail?
> 
> Regards,
> Michalis

all the best, Don
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