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8700 Series Mobile Computer Reference Manual
\AG\DBF
\AG\DAT
\AG\EXPORT
\AG\IMPORT
Application Generator (a.k.a. AG)
This di rectory stores the DAT, DBF, and
Lookup fil es that are created and/or
accessed in Application Generator.
1.8.3 FILE NAME
A f ile n ame mu st follow 8. 3 f ormat ( = sh ort filenames) at most 8 c haracters for
filename, and at most three characters for f ilename extension. The following characters
are unacceptable: “ * + , : ; < = > ? | [ ]
On 8700 Series, it can only display a filename of 1 ~ 8 characters (the null character
not in cluded), and f ilename ex tension w ill b e display ed if prov ided. If a f ile n ame
specified is longer than eight characters, it will be truncated to eight characters.
Long filenames, at most 255 characters, are allowed when using the mobile computer
equipped with SD card as a mass storag e devi ce. For exampl e, you may ha ve a
filename “123456789.txt” created from yo ur PC. However, whe n the same file is
directly ac cessed on the mobile computer, the filename wi ll be tru ncated to
“123456~1.txt”.
If a file name is not specified in ASCII characters, in order for the mobile computer to
display it c orrectly, y ou may n eed t o dow nload a mat ching f ont f ile t o t he mobile
computer first.
The file name is not case-sensitive.