Re: [OpenMap Users] VPFLayer filename case sensitivity problem with DNC maps

From: Don Dietrick <dietrick_at_bbn.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:45:02 -0400

Hi Todd,

The easiest thing I can think of is to copy the DNC to the hard
drive, and then run the com.bbn.openmap.util.wanderer.ChangeCase -l
<path to DNC data>

That will change the entire data structure to lower case.

- Don

On Jul 8, 2005, at 2:49 PM, Webb, Todd wrote:

> Hey Don and VPF users
>
> We seem to have run into a filename case sensitivity issue on Unix
> (Solaris 8) using DNC. We have a DNC16 map of the Bahamas on CD,
> our application can view it ok when run under Windows. However,
> when run on Solaris, we get an error message from
> com.bbn.openmap.layer.vpf.VPFLayer that it can not find the "lat."
> file. The database table files exists as upper case "LAT" and
> "DHT" on the CD. When we copy it to the hard drive and rename that
> file to "lat.", then it complains about the DHT file not being
> lower case. If we rename that one, it gets us past that error, but
> on to another case sensitivity problem.
>
> The funny thing is that the VMAP, which uses the same layer, works
> fine on both Windows and Solaris. The VMAP tables are also named
> with upper case "LAT" and "DHT" on the CD. Both CDs are original
> maps from NGA (NIMA).
>
> Is there a workaround for this?
>
> Thanks
> Todd
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