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Long topic subjects create "download all" zip files with problematic names

If I click "download all" to get the two attachments here (same problem with all threads that have longish subjects!), it generates a zip file that ends in three dots.

 

The problem is that windows explorer refuses to extract this zip file into a folder as is! (right-click...extract all...).

 

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Once I delete the three dots at the end the extraction completes without error.

 

Conclusion: When the forum software creates a zip file for multiple attachments, it should not append "..." to the truncated subject line.

 

 

 

 

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Quote from Microsoft:

 

"Do not end a file or directory name with a space or a period. Although the underlying file system may support such names, the Windows shell and user interface does not."

 

Obviously, the initial zip file (C:\abc\xyz...zip) is fine, but windows blindly strips the trailing ".zip" to suggest the folder name "C:\abc\xyz...\", which turns out to be illegal. One could argue that the windows zip tool could deal with all this better, but we don't have any control over that. 🙂 )

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I also would not mind the "Attachments from" being removed from the front of the zip and contained folder as well (help shorten the file name).

 

I could also make an argument for not even have the folder inside of the zip file.


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@crossrulz wrote:

I also would not mind the "Attachments from" being removed from the front of the zip and contained folder as well (help shorten the file name).

 

I could also make an argument for not even have the folder inside of the zip file.


Fully agree with both! (I actually planned to raise exactly these secondary issues later 😉 . Also the "Re_" should get dropped)

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Hi @altenbach and @crossrulz,

 

I've created a bug ticket to address these issues as they are all valid concerns. I will see where we can prioritize them against current and planned work.

 

Thanks,

Mark

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Still a problem (example)

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Our developer team was working on this last week. I don't have a solid delivery date but it is in the "coming soon" category.

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Good morning,

 

This issue was addressed in today's release: https://forums.ni.com/t5/NI-Community-News/NI-Community-Release-Notes-21-June-2022/ba-p/4238340

 

Thank you,

Mark

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