OSOTCDPG - FILE NAMES WITH IRREGULAR OR ASCII CHARACTERS CAUSE PROBLEMS 
WITH OS/2 WARP 4
09/20/96
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File Names with Irregular or ASCII Characters Cause Problems with OS/2 
Warp 4
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DESCRIPTION

File names with irregular or ASCII characters have problems being 
accessed or utilized under OS/2 Warp 4, even if they were usable under
OS/2 Warp version 3.

These unique files names are sometimes created by applications.
For example, Ultimail/2 version 2.10.003 and up (as well as Ultimail 
Lite) creates files whose names contain extremely odd characters:  

    G:\Ultimail\rrs0059\(0O1tD%t.GEt
    G:\Ultimail\rrs0059\E0O1-Ht3.WEt
    G:\Ultimail\rrs0059\E0O1@Q68.GEt
    G:\Ultimail\rrs0059\E0O1@Y6N.0Et

where G: is an HPFS (High Performance File System) drive

OS/2 Warp version 3 can XCOPY these files with no errors. Under 
OS/2 Warp 4, all of these trigger a "SYS1186: XCOPY cannot access
the source file." message.


RESOLUTION

There has been a change made to the system's codepage under OS/2 Warp 4.  
To resolve this problem, modify the CODEPAGE statement in the 
CONFIG.SYS file, as follows:  

1. Open an OS\2 Command Prompt window and type E \CONFIG.SYS, then 
   press Enter.

2. Change the CODEPAGE= statement

     from: CODEPAGE=850,437      

     to:   CODEPAGE=437,850

3. Save the CONFIG.SYS file.  

4. Shut down and restart the system, in order for the changes to take 
   effect.

Once the system has been restarted, the files with 'odd' ASCII 
characters in their names will be able to be XCOPY'ed, moved, 
and accessed.

Note: If you cannot shut down and restart the computer immediately, 
       you can dynamically switch the default codepage by issuing 
       the following command at an OS/2 command prompt:

          CHCP 437

       However, this change will only remain in effect 
       until the next system restart; for a permanent change, 
       you must make the change in CONFIG.SYS, as listed above.


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