Microsoft KB Archive/294669

= OFFXPDEV: Cannot Save a Project If There Is an Apostrophe in a Transition Caption =

Article ID: 294669

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office XP Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q294669





SYMPTOMS
If you add a transition caption that has an apostrophe in it to a Workflow Application for SQL Server project, you receive the following syntax error, and then you cannot save the project:

Line 1: Incorrect syntax near ''



CAUSE
Workflow Applications for SQL Server transition captions do not support apostrophes.



RESOLUTION
Remove the apostrophe from the caption, and then save the project.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
This behavior occurs only with Workflow Applications for SQL Server projects.

Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

 * 1) Open the Microsoft Development Environment.
 * 2) Open an existing Workflow Application for SQL Server.
 * 3) Add a new state, and then add a transition from an old state to the new state.
 * 4) Open the properties dialog box for the newly added transition.
 * 5) Change the caption of the transition to Test'Test
 * 6) Try to save the project.

Note that you receive a syntax error.

Additional query words: Developer Tools MOD 2002 ODE

Keywords: kbbug kberrmsg kbnofix KB294669

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