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   Andrew Leary to Deon George   
   TIC files   
   17 Sep 18 02:46:32   
   
   Hello Deon!   
      
   17 Sep 18 00:03, you wrote to me:   
      
    DG> So this was bugging me - so I made a quick workaround.   
      
   I am testing a fix for this problem now.  I also am allowing it to handle    
   incoming .TICs with long filenames (over 8 characters for the filename    
   portion.)  Mystic creates these when hatching a file with a long filename.   
      
    DG> I know if the standard is that a tic file needs to be 12 chars in   
    DG> length (I think it would be good if it was - but I'm not sure that   
    DG> that is the standard), then it would be good if on a node by node (or   
    DG> global config?) that you can "override" the standard. "Allow Non   
    DG> Standard TIC [YES|NO]"   
      
   The intention when the standard was written was to specify a DOS compatible    
   8.3 filename for .TIC files.  At the time, all known implementations did it    
   that way.   
      
    DG> What do you think?   
      
   I don't see the need to enable or disable this on a per-node basis.  Since    
   MBSE will never create these non-compliant .TIC files, it just needs to handle    
   them properly when receiving them.   
      
   Andrew   
      
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