Is it possible to use # or [ in the filename generated by a script.

Hi Alexandre,

didn't we have an issue discussed lately here in the forum where an InDesign document's file name was the cause for an issue with hyperlinks to external page destinations in other InDesign documents?

Ah yes, see:

Issue with creating Hyperlink to another indd document
N.Coward, Jan 14, 2022
https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/issue-with-creating-hyperlink-to-another-indd-document/td-p/12660398

Quoting the OP from that thread:

"Looks like I have figured it out with..

My content page started with a hyphen ' - ' at the beginning of the file name. Removing that now lets me pick it as a document and link too and strangely now all the others ones work too."

Did not test this, but it seems one can run into issues with a hyphen at the start of a document's name.

So yes, I would avoid # and brackets in a file name.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

If relevant, you can't use # in the name of a file on a web site. (This is a limitation of web sites, not InDesign).

Yes, you can. But my gut feeling is that avoid brackets are best avoided. No good argument for it though.

P.