Special Characters in file names

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hess_joel
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Special Characters in file names

Post by hess_joel »

I have a setup that has some files with Spanish characters like Ñ. When I run the installer on Russian windows, I get a file not found error for every file that has a special character. It looks like a bug in the installer. Unfortunately its not an easy thing to just change the file name to omit the characters.

Anything I can do for it?
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Post by MichaelNesmith »

Send us a minimum project that reproduces this issue - ex. a project which installs just one file with such a character in it, and we'll take a look at it.
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hess_joel
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Post by hess_joel »

Attached is a project that demonstrates the issue. I've also included the compiled version for you to try.

Here's the file name that we are using.

01Activité de Saisie de données

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RussianTester.zip
carlos
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Re: Special Characters in file names

Post by carlos »

Was this issue ever resolved? I am having a similar problem, we want to use a folder name with a µ character in the name, but InstallAware ignores it if I am including it as a subfolder as part of the Install Files command, or if I explicitly add it as an Install Files folder, the compiler fails at that command. Can special characters be used for folder names in InstallAware?
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