Filename
Key point: Filename for a PageSeeder folder or document.

Whether it is a normal binary file, such as .ZIP, or an Office document or a PageSeeder document, any file viewed in PageSeeder has both a filename and document title. However, because these files might be exported to a physical file system they must not have names that violate the naming rules of common operating systems.

Because PageSeeder can be used on many different computer operating systems, the characters in a filename can only include:

  • Characters between, and including, ASCII 32 (Space) and ASCII 126 (~) (see the following exceptions). For more detail, see this chart on Wikipedia.

Characters NOT allowed in a filename

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Due to Microsoft Windows restrictions, it’s better to:

  • Not to start or end a filename with a space or a period;
  • Not to use the following reserved names for the filename: CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9. Also, avoid these names followed immediately by an extension; for example, NUL.txt is not recommended.