>I use my own software to manage my emails
>
>When I save attachments I use the file name I get from the server to name the file to be saved
>
>But sometimes the file name has weird caracters as below,
>and it results in error when saving the file
>
>

>
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> file2001abc5%9#<ƒ-@ ŠÊ<óŸumo]@.jpg
>
>

>
>
>Is there anyway to remove all strange chars and keep only a-z and 0-1 chars ?
>
>I tried CHRTRAN( ) but it's impossible to predict what strange char I will receive
>
>I dont need to replace the weird char, just delete it
>
>Moises

lcFileName = "file2001abc5%9#<ƒ-@ ŠÊ<óŸumo]@.jpg"
lcGood ='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789'

lcFName = Juststem(m.lcFileName)
lcExt = Justext(m.lcFileName)

? FORCEEXT( Chrtran(m.lcFName, Chrtran( m.lcFName, m.lcGood, '' ), ''), ;
 Chrtran(m.lcExt, Chrtran( m.lcExt, m.lcGood, '' ), ''))

Cetin