# \[F\] A problem with long format strings in converting tags to filenames
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-a-problem-with-long-format-strings-in-converting-tags-to-filenames/4788
**Category:** Fixed Bugs
**Tags:** bug-fixed
**Created:** [April 28, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-a-problem-with-long-format-strings-in-converting-tags-to-filenames/4788 "2007-04-28T21:50:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Lipton](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lipton)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-a-problem-with-long-format-strings-in-converting-tags-to-filenames/4788/1 "2007-04-28T21:50:43Z")
Hi,
I was testing with different format strings for the Tag-\>Filename conversion. The program started behaving unexpectedly when the string was getting rather long - I could type more characters, but every keypress took me to the beginning of the string in addition to adding the character I wanted.
In my string this happened with exactly 261 characters, but with a continuous character string without white space or special characters the limit was at 255.
I'm using version 2.37j.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2007, 10:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-a-problem-with-long-format-strings-in-converting-tags-to-filenames/4788/2 "2007-04-29T10:22:46Z")
This bug has been fixed with Mp3tag v2.38.
Thanks for reporting!
Kind regards,
Florian
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### Author:  [@Lipton](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lipton)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2007, 6:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-a-problem-with-long-format-strings-in-converting-tags-to-filenames/4788/3 "2007-05-02T06:48:28Z")
Thanks for the swift bug fix! It works now from the selection dialog, but the same behavior seems to exist when editing the line from File-\>Options-\>Convert.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-a-problem-with-long-format-strings-in-converting-tags-to-filenames/4788/4 "2007-06-16T18:14:47Z")
Thanks, this has been addressed in the latest [Development Build](http://developer.mp3tag.de).
Kind regards,
Florian
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-a-problem-with-long-format-strings-in-converting-tags-to-filenames/4788/5 "2018-12-28T13:56:59Z")
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