Microsoft KB Archive/162929

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ACC97: Err Msg: "Could not create a valid file name" in VSS

Article ID: 162929

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q162929

SYMPTOMS

Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.

When you add an object to Visual SourceSafe, you may receive the following error message:

Could not create a valid file name for '<object>'. You must rename it before you can add it to Source Code Control.

CAUSE

You used a character that is invalid for Visual SourceSafe in the object name.

RESOLUTION

Do not use any of the following characters in object names that will be included in a project in Visual SourceSafe:

"&", "@", "<", ">, "{", "}", "[", "]", "(", ")", ":", ";", "=", "^", "|", "*", "\", "/", "%", "?", ",", "'", """, or tabs. 
                

Some names in Visual SourceSafe cannot begin or end with spaces or tabs.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a new database named "ssTest" (without the quotation marks).
2. Place this database under Source Safe Control by selecting SourceSafe on the Tools menu and clicking "Add Database to SourceSafe."
3. Create a new module.
4. Save the module as "**<modTest>**" (without the quotation marks) and close it.
5. Note that you receive the error mentioned in the SYMPTOMS section. Click OK.
6. Change the name of the module to "modTest" (without the quotation marks).
7. Add the module to SourceSafe by selecting SourceSafe on the Tools menu and clicking "Add Objects to SourceSafe."

REFERENCES

For more information about naming limitations, search the Visual SourceSafe Help Index for "Naming Conventions."

Keywords: kberrmsg kbinterop kbprb KB162929

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