Article - CS42938
"Special Characters in Windchill PDMLink" in chapter 5 of Windchill PDMLink User's Guide 9.1 is incorrect
Modified: 14-Mar-2016
Applies To
- Windchill PDMLink 8.0 to 11.0
Description
- Special Characters in Windchill PDMLink in chapter 5 of Windchill PDMLink User's Guide 9.1 is incorrect
- The documentation states the following:
Special Characters in Windchill PDMLink
When you create objects, you enter information in a variety of fields. The following
characters have special meaning in the system and should be avoided when defining
attributes, such as Name:
• <
• >
• "
• ’
• &
• %
• $
Also adding more than one space between letters can also cause an error. In addition to the
preceding list, the following characters are problematic for folder names:
• /
• \
• !
• @
• #
• ^
• *
• ( )
• :
• ?
• |
The following should not be used in UNIX file names:
• \
• The extension ".LNK" or ".lnk."
When you create objects, you enter information in a variety of fields. The following
characters have special meaning in the system and should be avoided when defining
attributes, such as Name:
• <
• >
• "
• ’
• &
• %
• $
Also adding more than one space between letters can also cause an error. In addition to the
preceding list, the following characters are problematic for folder names:
• /
• \
• !
• @
• #
• ^
• *
• ( )
• :
• ?
• |
The following should not be used in UNIX file names:
• \
• The extension ".LNK" or ".lnk."
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