<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>FreeBSD 9.x</div><div>Filepro 5.7.0.4</div><div><br></div>I imagine that this question has probably been asked and answered many times over the years, but I do not recall seeing it since i joined the conversation. <div><br></div><div>is there a reasonable method to use an edit type to remove special characters ( such as single quote, forward slash and space) from a field? I know I could do this through processing, but I am looking for a blanket approach to removing these from entry fields like LAST NANE. The code creates a file system folder for that name (and it fails when you have a last name with a character like a single quote). </div><div><br></div><div>If not, what is considered the best approach to dealing with these characters (at the system level, as opposed to processing within a single file)? Thank you very much in advance. <br><div>
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