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Re: Verify IFS Path & File name string is valid

Is your question "what's valid on Windows?" if so, you asked the wrong question in the wrong forum.

On 1/28/2010 6:54 PM, Lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I've found a MSDN document
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28VS.85%29.aspx) that
says these chars are not valid in windows file names:
< (less than)
> (greater than)
: (colon)
" (double quote)
/ (forward slash)
\ (backslash)
| (vertical bar or pipe)
? (question mark)
* (asterisk)

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