Bug Report: Rename File Does Not Work If Only Changing Case SOLVED

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If a document is named "2022-08-24 Example document.pdf" and I try to rename it to "2022-08-24 Example Document" in PDF-XChange (by right clicking on the tab and selecting Rename), I get a message saying "The document with the same name already exists. Do you want to rewrite it?" I click yes and a message appears that reads "An error occurred: Error [Operating system]: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process."

It seems like it should just change the file name without displaying any messages like what normally happens when renaming a file.

[David.P]

...and if the Tracker Dev team should work on this issue, then the permitted character set could also be changed to Unicode.

Currently Unicode characters are not accepted, or not correctly inserted into the file name, when renaming an open file.

Thank you
David

[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

Hello,

Thank you for the report, I have reproduced this issue, and created the following bug ticket for tracking:

#6205: Bug: Rename does not allow changing capitalization

Kind regards,

[Vasyl - PDF-XChange]

Hi David.

Currently Unicode characters are not accepted, or not correctly inserted into the file name, when renaming an open file.

Can you provide a simple example to reproduce this issue? Because I tried it and all works well for me...

And please note - the following symbols:

< (less than)
> (greater than)
: (colon)
" (double quote)
/ (forward slash)
\ (backslash)
| (vertical bar or pipe)
? (question mark)
* (asterisk)

- are reserved by the file system and cannot be used for file name in Windows.

Cheers.

[David.P]

Hello Vasyl,

Indeed I cannot seem to reproduce the issue now. In fact, I can enter all sorts of Unicode characters in the file name when renaming files within PDF-XChange Editor.

Perhaps I had tried to enter Unicode characters with my dictation software, which actually does not work.

However, this is probably due to the dictation software, not due to PDF-XChange Editor.

Thank you!
David

[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

[Vasyl - PDF-XChange]

Hi All.

The RT #6205: (Bug: Rename does not allow changing capitalization) - will be fixed in the next build.

Cheers.

[Jensen Head]

And please note - the following symbols: (...) are reserved by the file system and cannot be used for file name in Windows.

Unfortunately, it is still possible to enter from the keyboard or paste the listed characters into the file name input field. After clicking the "OK" button in the "Rename Document" window, the presence of the listed characters in the new text line is checked and a warning is issued about their inadmissibility. However, it seems to me that it would be much more convenient to simply not allow the entry or insertion of these characters into the “Change (...).pdf file name to” input field, i.e. to behave like Windows File Manager.

[Paul - PDF-XChange]

Hi, Jensen Head

I have asked the devs their thoughts on this and will let you know what they think.

Kind regards,
Paul - Tracker Supp

[Paul - PDF-XChange]

Hi, all

I have had it confirmed this is a bug that will be squashed for the next build.

Note this includes filtering the "unacceptable" characters as well as fixing capitalization on Rename.

Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

Kind regards,
Paul - Tracker Supp

[Jensen Head]

Build 10.2.0.384
Released Jan 8th, 2024 . Requires maintenance through Jan 8th, 2024
Bugfixes and Improvements
Added a filter for illegal symbols in the 'Rename' feature. (39212)

Thank you!

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]