Access 2007 export name truncation

[matt beamish]

Hi. We have a problem where on exporting a table in Paradox (db) format from Access 2007, the file name is truncated to 8 characters. This wouldnt be an issue (i.e. a simple rename following export would sort it), but there are other hidden files that the export engine generates that means a subsequent import into Paradox fails.
Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks

Matt

 

[boblarson]

I may not be able to help, but what version of Paradox are you exporting to?

 

[matt beamish]

We are exporting to a separate archaeological stratigraphic analysis package called "Stratify" that uses Paradox tables.

http://www.stratify.org/index.htm

I'm not clear that the version of paradox is relevant. When I tried exporting in different versions, the same file name truncation occurred.

Thanks for interest.

Matt

 

[boblarson]

Actually, I was thinking that the earlier versions of Paradox would only accept 8 character names because of the way it was written for DOS/Windows. But, if even using the latest version is not working then I'm afraid that idea is probably out the window. That was all I had for ideas.