[mkgmap-dev] TYP filename too long

Thu Mar 22 20:37:06 GMT 2018

Mine typ is at 11+3, thank for the information

On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 12:09 PM, Ben Konrath <ben at bagu.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> A user recently reported that my maps weren't able to be installed with
> BaseCamp (error: "The data was not successfully sent"). It turns out that
> name of the TYP file was too long; the MapSetToolkit program reported an
> error on the OpenMapChest registry entries: openmapchest.typ - 12+3
> characters. After renaming the TYP file to omc.typ in a new build,
> transferring worked correctly.
>
> It would be nice if mkgmap truncated TYP file names that are too long. I
> think the maximum length is the old DOS standard of 8+3 characters. I'm
> using a relatively old version of mkgmap (3909) so this might already be
> fixed. But in case it's not, I thought I would report it.
>
> Thanks for all your hard work on mkgmap!
>
> Regards, Ben
>
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