SaveToFile fails

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   SaveToFile fails.  1. Is there a way to find out why?  It has been working fine for several years, until now.
2. Is there a limit to the length of the path?  The length might be a bit longer than used previously, but well below the Windows path length maximum.

Using C and the 1711 library.

Thank you.

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JerryK Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 30 Jun 25 Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote JerryK Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: SaveToFile fails Posted: 30 Jun 25 at 9:39PM
	SaveToFile fails. 1. Is there a way to find out why? It has been working fine for several years, until now. 2. Is there a limit to the length of the path? The length might be a bit longer than used previously, but well below the Windows path length maximum. Using C and the 1711 library. Thank you.

swb1 Members Profile Find Members Posts Debenu Quick PDF Library Expert Joined: 05 Dec 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 103	Post Options Post Reply Quote swb1 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jun 25 at 10:05PM
	There is not much to the SaveToFile function. A drill down through the code gets us to this API call which tests for save capability: <result> = CreateFileW(PWideChar(FileName), GENERIC_READ or GENERIC_WRITE, 0, nil, CREATE_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, 0) If that returns false, you cannot save a file. In Delphi I could call System.GetLastError - RAD Studio API Documentation and I might learn "why". I do not know if you have that option in C. My guess is that the OS is saying "No" for some reason. Maybe permissions, bad path, file in use, etc. but I don't think there is anything about QPL that should be the source of the issue.

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3530	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 5 hours 58 minutes ago at 8:55PM
	Like swb1 told already. Perhaps the file you wanna save is locked by another process? Try LastErrorCode to get a more detailed error.
	Cheers, Ingo