When you specify a target
folder path, you can either select a path in the
Choose
a SAS Drug Development Folder dialog box, or you can
enter a path. If you enter a path, it is validated after you complete
the field.
The following table
lists the invalid path conditions in a path that you enter and how
they are resolved. The table also describes how the invalid conditions
are resolved.
Invalid Path Conditions in a Path That You Enter and How They
Are Resolved
Invalid Path Condition
in Path That You Enter
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Resolution to Create
Valid Path
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Starts or ends with
a blank
|
Leading and trailing
blanks are removed.
|
Contains two or more
consecutive blanks
|
Two or more consecutive
blanks are changed to a single blank.
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Contains characters
(such as & or *) other than the following characters:
-
-
single blanks that do not occur
at the start or end of the filename
-
! # $ , ; = @ _ ` ~ - ^ ' .{ }
[ ] ( )
|
Disallowed characters
are removed.
|
|
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Backslashes are replaced
with slashes (/).
Note: The Publish to SAS Drug Development
feature assumes that a backslash indicates the path separator. In
SAS Drug Development, a slash indicates a path separator.
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Does not start with
a slash
|
A single slash is prepended.
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Contains two or more
consecutive slashes
|
Two or more consecutive
slashes are converted to a single slash.
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Contains only a period
(.) or two periods (..) between slashes
|
The periods between
the slashes and the slashes are removed.
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Is longer than 128 characters
|
The filename is truncated
to 128 characters.
Note: After all of the changes
are made, if the filename exceeds 128 characters and does not end
with .sas, the filename is truncated to the first 124 characters,
and .sas is appended.
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