Hi there, This may well be a basic C-Bus 101 must know, but the answer eludes me. I was wondering if there was any way to circumvent the 8 character limitation on Project names, in toolkit. This can be restrictive and forces me to use unintuitive naming conventions. I'm pretty sure I've seen this done previously but can't work out where the preferences setting for something like this may be. Thanks in advance.. --------------------- Ok, so I've tried to edit the .xml filename and all appears to still be working fine even with a much longer name than the 8char limit imposed by Toolkit. Can someone confirm if this has the potential of corrupting anything down the track?
Hi grasshopper, The units themselves only have 8 characters to store the project name in them, so that's where the original limit came from. This is how the "Find C-Bus Networks" feature works; it retrieves a project name from the interface unit and prompts you to create a new project (or use an existing project) with that name. So you might see odd behaviours if you depended on that feature, but you can bypass that by creating projects and networks yourself in the Toolkit UI. Honestly? I think it's been years since anyone tried to test what happens if you make the filenames longer. It sounds like the software is truncating the filenames internally so maybe it will "mostly" work but I can't give you any guarantees. All it takes is one hard-coded length check buried somewhere in C-Gate, Toolkit, PICED, Schedule Plus or any other client application - and pickles will hit the fan. Assuming there are no length checks, one thing you can do to mitigate the truncation effect is to make sure the first 8 characters are still unique across all project files. I only ask that if you ever need to contact Tech Support in the future, first rule this out (revert to an 8 char project) or let them know this may be a factor.
