In reply to Tony's observations I mentioned: >> I have added this behaviour to my Outstanding Bugs list. See: >> http://www.mjh-nm.net/BUGS.HTML#B93 And Tony responded: > ... I feel it would be worth adding that the exact length > that causes the problem may depend on the *folder* path > length for the report configuration files as well. > Unless you've tested to the contrary, a path like > "D:\TMG9\Configuration_files\" may give a very different > result from my "D:\Users\username\Documents\The Master > Genealogist v9\Configuration_files\" You are probably right as I have not tested changing the length of my full pathname. However, my testing did observe that the long-named temporary backup of the configuration file in that folder is successfully used when the Report Destination is to a file. > Your observation of problems at 60+ is already different > from my tests giving problems at 56+. Good point. That does imply the full pathname is likely an issue, not just the configuration name itself. I will update the Bug comment later after I get a chance to do some more testing. What is curious is that the output for Print Preview creates an RTF file in the user's Temp folder, not a file in the configuration folder. And that file is created with a random 8-digit file name, not the name of the configuration, so its pathname would be unaffected by the length of the configuration name. So why only Print Preview has problems is a mystery. Strange, but definately a bug. Michael

At 10/1/2015 13:54, you wrote: >What is curious is that the output for Print Preview creates an RTF file >in the user's Temp folder, not a file in the configuration folder. And >that file is created with a random 8-digit file name, not the name of >the configuration, so its pathname would be unaffected by the length of >the configuration name. So why only Print Preview has problems is a >mystery. Strange, but definately a bug. Why should it be curious that the Temp folder is used for the _temporary_ output of Print Preview? The Configuration folder is used to hold the Report Definitions and other files used to configure TMG output. If a report is saved (i.e., output to a file) it is placed in the Report_Output folder. Since it isn't saved, it goes in the Temp folder along with many other temporary files that TMG creates -- and, after closing the preview, is auto-deleted from the Temp folder. This is MicroSoft's plan for the Tmp folder, and if any files are left in the folder past a Windows session, it is know that they can be deleted without causing problems. Lee Lee