FIX: Moving Files into Long DBCS Paths Crashes IIS/VID Client

ID: Q166104

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you drag a file from the root directory into a long Double Byte Character String (DBCS) named folder over 100 characters, the local machine and the Web Server hang.


CAUSE

Visual InterDev makes the call to FrontPage Client portion to make the move, and then the client waits for completion. However, IIS/FP hangs so the completion event never occurs.


RESOLUTION

Use shorter folder/file names. Moving files around extremely long paths (>100 characters) causes this problem. If at all possible, shorten the path depth, or shorten the folder/file names.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual InterDev 6.0.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Open a web project on a DBCS server.


  2. Create a folder with 50 DBCS characters.


  3. Create a subfolder within the previous folder, again with a 50 DBCS character name.


  4. Create a text file in the root directory with a 50 DBCS character name.


  5. Release a working copy of DBCS text file.


  6. Drag the text file from the root directory to the subfolder.


  7. The message "Moving <filename> on Web..." appears and the machine hangs. When you go to the web server and bring up the Internet Service Manager, it is non-operable too. You have to restart the machine in to get back to start working again.



REFERENCES

For the latest Knowledge Base articles and other support information on Visual InterDev and Active Server Pages, see the following page on the Microsoft Technical Support site:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/vinterdev/

Additional query words: 


Keywords          : kbExtension kbFrontPage kbServer kbVisID100 kbVisID100bug kbVisID600fix kbWebServer kbGrpASP VIServer 
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 13, 1999