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RE: OPENFILEDIALOG$ question on a Mac - mnrvovrfc - 12-23-2023
(12-23-2023, 12:47 AM)SMcNeill Wrote: You guys should take a moment to look at this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename#Comparison_of_filename_limitations
Of particular note, in this case, is the list of reserved characters which can't be used in file names: :
Something I did not know until today. Thank you Steve.
But this is really wild. ApCo wanted to get everybody away from terminal, away from scripting, obviously. The "star-dot-star" was pervasive in Windows programming not too long ago. On Linux one star could be enough for some programs like 7-Zip. It's getting confussin', cousin!
I have slapped my palm many times because we still cannot write our own subprograms and functions which could be styled in code just like this _OPENFILEDIALOG$.