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bluebrad
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Jan 30, 2024 4:30 PM UTC
Question

Cant add Hash Hiphens or anything but letters and numbers to file names

I need the ability to name it how i want. give me a warning in the lower left but to not bug me. this is breaking my process flow and i need to use explorer to edit.

 

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Legend
Jan 31, 2024 6:06 PM UTC

Did you copy and paste the filename? There may be other disallowed invisible characters.

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Stephen Marsh
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Feb 1, 2024 12:08 AM UTC
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Did you copy and paste the filename? There may be other disallowed invisible characters.


By @Lumigraphics

 

My day job involves supporting a product that uses a database, this is a common problem when pasting text.

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Erik Bloodaxe
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Jan 31, 2024 5:02 PM UTC

Works fine under Windows:

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Legend
Jan 30, 2024 8:58 PM UTC

I am able to use # in a filename with Bridge 2022 on both Mac and Windows, although that may not be recommended its not an illegal character. You have some other issue going on.

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gary_sc
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Jan 30, 2024 7:32 PM UTC

Hi, @bluebrad, sorry, there is no way around this. 

 

https://www.mtu.edu/umc/services/websites/writing/characters-avoid/

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