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When saving files via WebDAV to KM folders within collaboration rooms we often hit this limit of 255 characters that Office documents allow for file names (218 for MS Excel).
Because the complete webDAV URL to portal is made up of server name + a lot of portal stuff, the number of characters left for subcatalogs and document within each room is very limited.
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WebDAV url example:
oslpep.agra.int:50000/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/room_extensions/
cm_stores/documents/workspaces/303c5e8a-cb16-2810-9aa7-caaf71de197/subfolder/document.doc
Error message in Excel when saving:
"The file could not be accessed. Try one of the following:
- Make sure the specified folder exists.
- Make sure the folder that contains the file is not read-only.
- Make sure the file name does not contain any of the following characters: < > ? [ ] : | *.
- Make sure the file/path name doesn't contain more than 218 characters."

Julian, Robert
Thanks for help so far. I have now upgraded to SP2 and the situation is the same.
As far as I see the Cumulative security update is specified to solve IE-related problems. The problem with WebDAV editing of files in portal does as such not involve opening Office documents through IE, but rather editing these in any Office program and saving directly to portal through a mapped network place (a KM folder).
I still cannot see that Microsoft has published anything about a fix for this problem.
About error when opening document: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;325573
About error when saving document: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;213983
Is there something I have overlooked?
Regards
Henning

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