Find File(s) - not handling long paths

FinalBuilder Bugs
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I came across a strange error in FinalBuilder when i was trying to find an file.

When trying to find a specific file in the following folder: C:\FinalBuilder\Gilde\WorkingFolder\Vault\Applications\Gilde\Dev\SW\Mercatus\Common\2.0\Data

I got an message that no file was found, even if the current folder have lots of file in it(and also the specified file), I also tried to find . in the same folder but same result.

However if i removed the last folder and did the same search there it works fine.

So it seems that there are a “retriction” on how long a path can be. (It fails if the path is longer than approx. 90 chars)

Is there a fix for this or have anyone else gotten the same error?

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Hi Magne,

The Find File(s) action will handle paths up to 255 characters, so I don’t think it would be a length issue.

I’ve noticed though, that if the path does not end with a ‘’ it will fail, possibly the reason why its not working in this case. I’ll put a fix in to check for trailing slashes.

Hopefully this helps :slight_smile:

Regards,
Paul

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Hello Paul, thank you for the quick response.

My path did not end with a ‘’, but it did not solve it when I added it.

To specify a little more here is what I am doing.I have a variable called project that holds my path and vbproj file (i.e. c:\test\test.vbproj)

I then have a variable to store only the path for my vbproj file.(when debuging that variable is containing a trailing ‘’.

I use path manipulation to extract the folderpath from my project variable, and also to get the project file name. (I also use it to remove the file extention so that i get my project name (without .vproj)

So I now have several variables:
1. project (c:\test\test.vbproj)
2. projectpath (c:\test)
3. projectname (test.vbproj), first then i use path manipulation to remove the file extention.
4. projectname (test)

I then use text find to check that projectname starts with test.

Then i use Find file(s) to find %projectname%.dll in the %projectpath%\bin\ folder.

This is where Finalbuilder fails even if test.dll exists in c:\test\bin<br>
(i have used short paths here, but in my code it only fails if the path is long.)

Regards
Magne

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Hi Magne,

Thanks for the detailed information, I was able to find the bug and a new build will be available soon.

Regards,
Paul.

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Hi Magne,

Here is the new build: https://www.finalbuilder.com/downloads/finalbuilder/500/FB500_92.exe

Regards,
Paul

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Hi Paul,

I have installed the new build and it is working now. Thank you for the quick fix.

Regards
Magne