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Subject: Re: msi "Could not open" error on Windows with file absolute path
From: "J. Lewis Muir" <[email protected]>
To: Torsten Bögershausen <[email protected]>
Cc: EPICS Tech-Talk <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 12:56:52 -0500
On 05/23, Torsten Bögershausen wrote:
> The windows system can use forward - slashes when dealing with file
> names (like opening a file).
> 
> This is documented here:
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx
> 
> My conclusion is, that C:/something should work, as long as the
> length of the path stays below MAX_PATH.

Thanks for the reference!

Lewis

References:
msi "Could not open" error on Windows with file absolute path J. Lewis Muir
Re: msi "Could not open" error on Windows with file absolute path Johnson, Andrew N.
Re: msi "Could not open" error on Windows with file absolute path J. Lewis Muir
Re: msi "Could not open" error on Windows with file absolute path Torsten Bögershausen

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