Shortening the names of APD files

Files created on the Instascan machine have names that are too long to be viewed on Macs or CDs. This utility takes care of that by creating new names that are still valid for the scanner.

To rename an APD file and its header, type

To rename all of the APD files in a directory, type

FixAPDName will replaced strings of '0's in the file name with a '+' sign and will report on its actions. For example, if a directory contains the files:

typing:

will rename these files and print out:

to show what it has done.

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