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Hi,
How shall I handle special characters like ñ in filenames in Power Automate Desktop?
So far I have had no issues with using special characters like ñ in actions. This includes assigning them to variables, inputting for conditional statements, writing text in a file, set a filepath, etc. It's treated as the same as every alphanumeric character. Granted every time you need to provide it in an argument you'll need to copy and paste it from somewhere or remember the ASCII code (it's alt+164 for reference).It might not be the most convenient character to use regularly but it and other characters outside of the standard alphanumeric range have a plethora of useful applications. Can you tell me which actions you're trying to perform that would contain special characters?
FTP Sync directories
So this might depend on the file systems in use. Unfortunately I haven't worked with the FTP sync operation just yet but I did a quick check on the action and it did not throw an error when supplying a 'ñ' in the directory name. I don't know how much use the following will be to you but per Microsoft's Documentation on Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces:
The following fundamental rules enable applications to create and process valid names for files and directories, regardless of the file system:(...)Use any character in the current code page for a name, including Unicode characters and characters in the extended character set (128–255), except for the following:The following reserved characters:< (less than)> (greater than): (colon)" (double quote)/ (forward slash)\ (backslash)| (vertical bar or pipe)? (question mark)* (asterisk)
The following fundamental rules enable applications to create and process valid names for files and directories, regardless of the file system:(...)Use any character in the current code page for a name, including Unicode characters and characters in the extended character set (128–255), except for the following:
The following reserved characters:
I'm sorry I can't be of more help with this, if you get the chance to test this out I'd love to know the results.
I'm able to sync all ftp files from a directory, except one that has ñ in its filename.
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