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What reserved characters are supported by the Medalist Intelligent Test Framework (ITF)?

The reserved characters not supported are the same as Windows® OS. The Windows operating system can use two different file systems, FAT file system and NTFS. The two systems have much in common, but the characters permitted in a file or folder name may differ. In the conventions listed below, it is true for both systems unless otherwise specified.

The following characters are invalid as file or folder names on Windows using NTFS:
/ ? < > \ : * | " and any character you can type with the Ctrl key.

In addition to the above reserved characters, the caret ^ is also not permitted under Windows Operating Systems using the FAT file system.

In addition to these characters, the following conventions are also illegal:
Placing a space at the end of the name
Placing a period at the end of the name

The following file names are also reserved under Windows:
com1, com2, com3, com4, com5, com6, com7, com8, com9, lpt1, lpt2, lpt3, lpt4, lpt5, lpt6, lpt7, lpt8, lpt9, con, nul, and prn

Characters permitted and recommended:

  • Alphanumeric (A-Z, a-z, 0-9)
  • Underscore characters (_)

Under Windows using the FAT file system, file and folder names may be up to 255 characters long.
Under Windows using the NTFS file system, file and folder names may be up to 256 characters long.
Therefore, maximum barcode length supported by ITF is 256 characters.

Windows and MS Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation

Related Links

Microsoft Naming Conventions

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