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PPT7: Saving in 4.0 Fails if Path Longer Than 100 Characters

Article ID: 155493

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

APPLIES TO

Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q155493

SYMPTOMS

When you save a PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 presentation in PowerPoint 4.0 format, you receive the following message if the filename (including the path) you choose is longer than 100 characters:

Sorry, either the file name is too long or PowerPoint cannot find or run the Viewer, which it needs to save in PowerPoint 4.0 format. If the file name is correct, you should run Setup and reinstall to get the Viewer.

Saving the same file as a PowerPoint 7.0 presentation to the same path and filename works correctly.

CAUSE

This is because when saving as a PowerPoint 4.0 file, PowerPoint uses the Pptview.dll, which is a 16-bit DLL. PowerPoint has to shorten the filename before passing it to the Viewer.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, save the file in PowerPoint 7.0 format, or save it to a folder that has a shorter path.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows.

Additional query words: 7.00 long filename 256 limitation

Keywords: kbinterop kbconversion kbprb KB155493

Microsoft KB Archive/155493

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