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Old 11-06-2006, 03:59 PM
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33South (Chris)
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Originally Posted by Hitchhiker
Potentially a user can use illegal characters for folder names (eg '\', '.') which will crash the app when it tries to create the folder.
some points, pedantic maybe but neccessary as a BetaTester

A '.' is valid in a Windows folder name
Invalid characters shouldnt crash the app if correct error handling is implemented when creating the folders.
Idiot proof and inflexible are not the same thing.
A good programme should allow experts to do their thing and help idiots use the app as if they were an expert.
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