Save selected to files don't work when path is too long or page not refreshed or something else

[graad]

This may work for issues #23 and #34
My add-on version 0.7.2012111301
Using Firefox 18 beta:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:18.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/18.0

I've selected 12 tabs and option "Save Selected Tabs in Archive as..".
Next, tabs where refreshed - probably automatically.
Next, I've selected 12 tabs and option "Save Selected fabs in files..".
which allowed 2 tabs at first.

When I've selected every tab one by one and assured that all were refreshed,
almost all tabs were saved.
The unsaved tabs addresses are:
{1} http://lgforum.pl/viewforum.php?f=29&sid=75427178be9481da60b52f18f9a5e6d4
{2} http://lgforum.pl/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1806
At the moment, I'm not logged a that lgforum.pl forum.

When saved {1} tab, Error Console shows (all my add-ons where enabled)

Timestamp: 2012-12-18 12:04:32
Error: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80520012 (NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) [nsIFile.create]" nsresult: "0x80520012 (NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://maf/content/collecting/persistResourceObject.js :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 129" data: no]
Source File: chrome://maf/content/saving/jobObject.js
Line: 361

When I disabled ALL add-ons(Safe Mode), I might found error source.

When saving pages {1} and {2}:
In original firefox 'Save Page As..' dialog, name of file,
derived probably from webpage title, is too long along with my system path, where I'm saving.
Also, file path for saved webpage files in webpage folder may be too long.
I would think people suffer from this error for long years, and mozilla's firefox don't have option
to automatically found and parse file paths(as long as they are on saving) and shorten file names or web folder name at least.

Propositions:

• I would love to see your add-on to shortening website name to some sensible number of characters,
  like 30.
• All saved tabs should be refreshed like one would do this by hand, one by one. Its the only way for saving to work?

[graad]

Maximum path length limitation in Windows API is 259
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247.aspx#maxpath
Also, "When using an API to create a directory, the specified path cannot be so long that you cannot append an 8.3 file name (that is, the directory name cannot exceed MAX_PATH minus 12)."

[graad]

In short, this add-on allows saving multiple pages at once, automatically, but Firefox doesn't. Either this add-on or Firefox should have function to handle too long path names and unrefreshed tabs in this situation. Idea reported to Mozilla.

[piroor]

The latest released version has some known issues around "Save Selected Tabs" feature. Does this problem appear with the latest experimental build? http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/xul/xpi/nightly/

[graad]

Almost all tabs are saved perfectly and I can see them saved as they are loaded - wow, big improvement from previous situation. Now it works ok with all other handy addons!

Except it cannot load for this site(selection order doesn't matter, congrats):
http://lgforum.pl/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1806

It shows "The download cannot be saved because an unknown error occured.
Please try again."

and it don't save the tab, because its title is too long.
(Due to Win API path length restriction)
When I save this tab alone with Multitab selection, standard error from firefox occurs:

"The path is too long.
Try a shorter name."

So, I imagine option: "Shorten too long site names to system path limitation".
That would be perfect.

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I can see another thing to improve - when selecting multiple tabs
from left to right,
spreaded post right-arrow, maybe it should select them when they are showing, but it doesn't,
since cursor isn't over. (Hm, that would be tricky :)
(I know, I should press Shift)

Error Console(with all other handy addons, for selecting freely when holding Ctrl and saving with "Save selected .. files"):

Timestamp: 2012-12-21 21:05:16
Warning: XUL box for _moz_generated_content_before element contained an inline #text child, forcing all its children to be wrapped in a block.
Source File: chrome://browser/content/browser.xul
Line: 0
[xpconnect wrapped (nsISupports, nsIDocShell, nsIInterfaceRequestor, nsIWebNavigation, nsIWebProgress, nsIDocShellHistory, nsILoadContext)]
[object XULElement]
Timestamp: 2012-12-21 21:05:51
Warning: XUL box for _moz_generated_content_before element contained an inline #text child, forcing all its children to be wrapped in a block.
Source File: chrome://browser/content/browser.xul
Line: 0
Timestamp: 2012-12-21 21:06:22
Error: [Exception... "'JavaScript component does not have a method named: "onItemVisited"' when calling method: [nsINavBookmarkObserver::onItemVisited]" nsresult: "0x80570030 (NS_ERROR_XPC_JSOBJECT_HAS_NO_FUNCTION_NAMED)" location: "native frame :: :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 0" data: no]
Timestamp: 2012-12-21 21:06:23
Error: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80520012 (NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) [nsIFile.create]" nsresult: "0x80520012 (NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://maf/content/collecting/persistResourceObject.js :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 129" data: no]
Source File: chrome://maf/content/saving/jobObject.js

Line: 361

[Damienbarifon]

Try to long path tool. It is very helpful.

[Davehuu]

I have the same issue when installing Chrome extensions. They fail with the note Path too long. Then google it and got Long Path Tool. This tool is resolve the issues.

[piroor]

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