Films not saving properly if period is used in file name.

[Devil 505]

I attempted to save my films from today's scenario with the following format "NR 2.1" (Frame 2, sortie 1) The next sortie was "NR 2.2" and so on.

Only one film was saved in the folder though. It was called "NR 2" What was in that recording was the final sortie. So apparently, the file name drops anything after the period and overwrites a file with the same name.

I attempted to duplicate this offline and was given an error window for invalid file name with the second test save. The first saved without an error but the file name also dropped the ".1" portion. It was "test 1.2" which caused the error.

I then repeated the same test in SEA2 just like in scenario. No error message occurred, and "Test 2.2" overwrote "Test 2.1" and can be seen in the folder as "Test 2"

[Bizman]

Although using a period in file names has become possible, it's still not recommended: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/FileIO/naming-a-file.

Use a period to separate the base file name from the extension in the name of a directory or file.

Not a new thing, I learned that in the early eighties and it was already old knowledge back then.

If you use a period, you'll be changing the file extension, in this case from .ahf (AH Film File) to .1 (1 file) which would not have any connection to any program to run such filetype.

I don't understand why "Test 2.2" overwrote "Test 2.1" since the names differ. If you find strange extensions in your films folder, you can always rename them to "Film.ahf" to fix compatibility with AHFilm.

[Skuzzy]

We probably should not allow a "." in the file name.  When  you do that Windows will assume the next group is the file extension and there you go.  It is not anything we have control over.  It is a Windows thing.

[Devil 505]

Ok. Thanks.

[1stpar3]

We probably should not allow a "." in the file name.  When  you do that Windows will assume the next group is the file extension and there you go.  It is not anything we have control over.  It is a Windows thing.

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[ccvi]

Although using a period in file names has become possible, it's still not recommended: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/FileIO/naming-a-file.  Not a new thing, I learned that in the early eighties and it was already old knowledge back then.

If you use a period, you'll be changing the file extension, in this case from .ahf (AH Film File) to .1 (1 file) which would not have any connection to any program to run such filetype.

Read carefully. It says the extension is separated by a period (what it means is that the extension is separated by the last period). It does not say that there can't be additional periods, except that the last character cannot be a period. It even explicitly suggests to use a period as the first character of a filename (which is needed for compatibility with hidden files on some other OSs).

What you learned in the 80s was relevant for FAT partitions. It only matters if you're still using FAT partitions, and for software that still assumes that the limits of FAT partitions exist.

What really sucks is filenames with spaces and some special characters, which require escaping and/or quotes when accessed from a shell.

[Bizman]

As I said, the naming conventions have become more free than what they used to be. As the Microsoft article says "Use a period to separate the base file name from the extension in the name of a directory or file", which means the last period just as you said.

The AH film naming system seems to allow for changing the extension similarly to any Windows naming process when choosing "All files" instead of the default in the Save As window.

As a side note, allowing multiple periods in file names has enabled malware spreaders to fool people by naming executable files using .pdf or .doc or other familiar endings in between, supposing the user has the common extensions hidden as the Windows default setting. So if you get an e-mail attachment named something like "temptingfile.pdf.exe" or "reallyfunnypic.jpg.exe", don't open it!