# Problem sending attachments of size \>= 16K using axis

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**Tags:** Former-Crossvision-Products, Service-Orchestrator\
**Created:** [September 30, 2008, 10:15am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/problem-sending-attachments-of-size-16k-using-axis/79138 "2008-09-30T10:15:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 10:15am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/problem-sending-attachments-of-size-16k-using-axis/79138/1 "2008-09-30T10:15:52Z")

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I have written webservices using axis 1.4 and Java 1.4  
When I send attachments of size less then 16K everything works fine. But If I send an attachment of size more than 16K then I get following exception on windows(Everything works fine on linux). Please suggest what could be the issue.

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{http://xml.apache.org/axis/}stackTrace:java.io.IOException: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect
at java.io.WinNTFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method)
at java.io.File.checkAndCreate(File.java:1345)
at java.io.File.createTempFile(File.java:1434)
at org.apache.axis.attachments.ManagedMemoryDataSource.flushToDisk(ManagedMemoryDataSource.java:386)
at org.apache.axis.attachments.ManagedMemoryDataSource.write(ManagedMemoryDataSource.java:276)
at org.apache.axis.attachments.ManagedMemoryDataSource.&lt;init&gt;(ManagedMemoryDataSource.java:149)
at org.apache.axis.attachments.MultiPartRelatedInputStream.readTillFound(MultiPartRelatedInputStream.java:557)
at org.apache.axis.attachments.MultiPartRelatedInputStream.readAll(MultiPartRelatedInputStream.java:433)
at org.apache.axis.attachments.MultiPartRelatedInputStream.getAttachments(MultiPartRelatedInputStream.java:439)
at org.apache.axis.attachments.AttachmentsImpl.mergeinAttachments(AttachmentsImpl.java:171)
at org.apache.axis.attachments.AttachmentsImpl.getAttachmentByReference(AttachmentsImpl.java:341)
at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.getObjectByRef(DeserializationContext.java:617)
at org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.JAFDataHandlerDeserializer.populateDataHandler(JAFDataHandlerDeserializer.java:74)
at org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.JAFDataHandlerDeserializer.startElement(JAFDataHandlerDeserializer.java:59)
at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.startElement(DeserializationContext.java:1048)
at org.apache.axis.message.SAX2EventRecorder.replay(SAX2EventRecorder.java:165)
at org.apache.axis.message.MessageElement.publishToHandler(MessageElement.java:1141)
at org.apache.axis.message.RPCElement.deserialize(RPCElement.java:236)
at org.apache.axis.message.RPCElement.getParams(RPCElement.java:384)
at org.apache.axis.providers.java.RPCProvider.processMessage(RPCProvider.java:81)
at org.apache.axis.providers.java.JavaProvider.invoke(JavaProvider.java:323)
at org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:32)
at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:118)
at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:83)
at org.apache.axis.handlers.soap.SOAPService.invoke(SOAPService.java:454)
at org.apache.axis.server.AxisServer.invoke(AxisServer.java:281)
at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.doPost(AxisServlet.java:699)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:709)
at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.service(AxisServletBase.java:327)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:664)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

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