> Van: Andre Abelian <andre@compufire.com>
> Aan: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Onderwerp: found miner error in mplab
> Datum: dinsdag 9 juni 1998 19:37
>
> Hi to all engineers.
>
> I found an error in mplab it is  not a big deal but
> if your hard drive gets closer then 50 MB left you can not
> create new projects any more.
> I always save my files in different hard dive like removable optical
> drive.
> I could 't create new project on that . any name you type mplab
> says " file name is not valid" when I replace the cartridge put new one
> works ok. a few days ago same thing happened with my D drive . when I
> checked the disk space it was like 60 MB left. for testing I deleted
> some
> programs to free up more disk space it worked OK.
> I know 100% it is not a PC problem because I have same
> problem with my second PC too.
>
>
> Andre Abelian

Hai Andre,

Where did you try to store your project ? In the Root ?  Than you could
have an out-of-filename-storage error (root directory full).  It gives the
same error ... :-(

Especially with loooonnnnggg filenames the root is full in a jiffy ...

I'm verry curious, so if you want to humor me do the next :
The next time you get the "file name is not valid" -error delete a big file
on the target-drive/directory. Than _create_ a verry small one with the
_same_ name.
You free'd up some space, but used the same amount of directory-entries.
Now try to create again.  If the same error pop's up, the problem seems not
to be storage space.

Let me know what the result was :-)

Greetz,
  Rudy Wieser