File naming

There is no set convention for file naming with Caseware but we do suggest:

• Including the year of the accounts within the name.
• The maximum number of characters that can be used is 230 in total for the entire file path.
• It is also common for the client code to be used when establishing a filename.

The UNC, short for Universal Naming Convention or Uniform Naming Convention, specifies a common syntax to describe the location of a network resource, such as a shared file, directory, or printer.

The UNC syntax for Windows systems is as follows:

\\ComputerName\SharedFolder\Resource

Note: The UNC syntax is sometimes written with forward slashes.

In Windows the forward slashes and back slashes are equivalent, but many programs will accept only backward slashes and some will only accept double backslashes (ie \\\\ComputerName\\SharedFolder).

Especially in quoted string constants, due to the standard use of backslash as an escape character.