Microsoft KB Archive/168166

= Microsoft Knowledge Base =

PRB: Particle Databases That Do Not Appear in File Browsers
Last reviewed: May 9, 1997

Article ID: Q168166

The information in this article applies to:


 * Softimage 3D for Windows NT, version 3.51

SYMPTOMS
When you are unable to see one or more of your Particle databases in a file browser, two conditions may be the cause.

CAUSE

 * Particle has a 78 character directory path limit, therefore directory paths that are longer than this do not appear in file browsers.
 * When you run SOFTIMAGE Particle 3.51 on Windows NT 4.0, if the directory path does not end with a forward slash (\) SI3D scenes will not appear in the file browser.

RESOLUTION
If the directory path where your databases reside has more than 78 characters, move the files to a directory with fewer than 78 characters.

If the directory path does not end with a forward slash (\), change it by adding one.

STATUS
This problem has been corrected for the next release.