topic Re: ERROR: File Name value exceeds maximum length of 201 characters. in SAS Procedures https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/ERROR-File-Name-value-exceeds-maximum-length-of-201-characters/m-p/179056#M45716 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Look at this:</P><P><A href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.soft-sys.sas/YOEY7BvOgEo" title="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.soft-sys.sas/YOEY7BvOgEo">Google Groups</A></P><P></P><P>You may be experiencing a limit of the Windows API</P><P></P><P>Options:</P><P>- use shorter names</P><P>- switch to a real operating system <img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://communities.sas.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.png" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Feb 2015 13:21:02 GMT Kurt_Bremser 2015-02-23T13:21:02Z ERROR: File Name value exceeds maximum length of 201 characters. https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/ERROR-File-Name-value-exceeds-maximum-length-of-201-characters/m-p/179055#M45715 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>I have come across an error while importing the excel sheet.</P><P></P><P>ERROR: File Name value exceeds maximum length of 201 characters.</P><P></P><P>could any one explain me how to resolve this error?</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>shri</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Feb 2015 08:05:27 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/ERROR-File-Name-value-exceeds-maximum-length-of-201-characters/m-p/179055#M45715 shriyadav 2015-02-23T08:05:27Z Re: ERROR: File Name value exceeds maximum length of 201 characters. https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/ERROR-File-Name-value-exceeds-maximum-length-of-201-characters/m-p/179056#M45716 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Look at this:</P><P><A href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.soft-sys.sas/YOEY7BvOgEo" title="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.soft-sys.sas/YOEY7BvOgEo">Google Groups</A></P><P></P><P>You may be experiencing a limit of the Windows API</P><P></P><P>Options:</P><P>- use shorter names</P><P>- switch to a real operating system <img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://communities.sas.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.png" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Feb 2015 13:21:02 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/ERROR-File-Name-value-exceeds-maximum-length-of-201-characters/m-p/179056#M45716 Kurt_Bremser 2015-02-23T13:21:02Z Re: ERROR: File Name value exceeds maximum length of 201 characters. https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/ERROR-File-Name-value-exceeds-maximum-length-of-201-characters/m-p/179057#M45717 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Depending on your system set up, the below post might be of help. If your file name is not that long, then it might be counting the path as well.</P><P></P><P><A href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.soft-sys.sas/YOEY7BvOgEo" title="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.soft-sys.sas/YOEY7BvOgEo">Google Groups</A></P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>Amir.</P><P></P><P>Message was edited by: Amir - Same link as Kurt. Strange that I didn't see the response initially.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Feb 2015 13:48:35 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/ERROR-File-Name-value-exceeds-maximum-length-of-201-characters/m-p/179057#M45717 Amir 2015-02-23T13:48:35Z