filename with special characters is broken

[Rocky@]

Hi All,
In Photoshop scripting, the filename with special characters(<>,[], -) is broken and able to save the file using scripting, I tried with the encodeURI method, and it works but the original fileName with special characters has converted into encoded value.

for ex: original filename is "For PLUS+SP – 2.jpg" its broken like "For  PLUS+SP †2" not able to save the file.
if converted into an encoding method, it can save names like
 "For %20PLUS+SP%20%13%E2%80%A02.tif" if i decoded it will come like broken  "For PLUS+SP †2".
 i want to save the file with original filename using script without broken and also handle if any special characters in the filename. is it acheivable?

[jane-e]

Rocky@ 

Filenames are restricted by Windows, not applications. 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file

Name the files in a way that won't cause errors.

Jane

[r-bin]

It's not very clear what's wrong with you.

Why are you using encodeURI and decodeURI?

And how did you get from "For PLUS+SP – 2.jpg"

this: "For %20PLUS+SP%20%13%E2%80%A02.tif" ?

I get "For%20PLUS+SP%20%E2%80%93%202.jpg".

And it decodes back without problems.

If you use characters from UTF8 in a script, then in order for Photoshop to correctly understand that this is UTF8, your file must contain a BOM mark at the beginning to work correctly with these characters.

About BOM read this topic https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/charset-of-textitem/m-p/9966206