[Qgis-user] Delimited Text Plug-in claiming text file not valid

[Goyo]

2011/2/15 Goyo <goyodiaz at gmail.com>:
> 2011/2/15 custard <custard at westnet.com.au>:
> [...]
>> M:/Data/WesternAustralia/SH51-09/Anthill/MMAnthill/Exports/20110215MKOAHCollars.csv?delimiter=%5B,%5D&delimiterType=regexp&xField=East_LG&yField=North_LG
>> is not a valid layer and can not be added to the map
>
> I'm getting error messages like this using trunk in windows from some
> weeks ago. For me it seems to be related to the file path. I can
> import a text file from my desktop but the same file fails when
> imported from a complicated UNC path. I still didn't have time to test
> more paths to isolate the issue and open a ticket, maybe tomorrow (I
> use Windows only at work and have been very busy these days).
>
> Goyo

BTW, the update that brought this problem included an update to GDAL
1.8 if I recall correctly. I don't know if the plugin uses GDAL/OGR at
all but this called my attention.