IMHO, you can have _ and . in the file name/path.

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

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

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

lcFileName = "file2001abc5%9#<ƒ-@ ŠÊ<óŸumo]@.jpg"
>lcGood ='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789'
>
>lcFName = Juststem(m.lcFileName)
>lcExt = Justext(m.lcFileName)
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>? FORCEEXT( Chrtran(m.lcFName, Chrtran( m.lcFName, m.lcGood, '' ), ''), ;
> Chrtran(m.lcExt, Chrtran( m.lcExt, m.lcGood, '' ), ''))
>

Cetin