List separator? and other characters?

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Hi,

In some of the older versions of MS Project, the value of the list separator was important to know.

In the XML structure and the object model for 2.1, the list separator is not necessary to know.

How is this handled in Aspose.Tasks (all versions?)?

Are there any other characters that need to be filtered from text, such as "[" or "]"? or are these handled within Aspose.Tasks?

Any thoughts or pointers appreciated..

Regards, Bruce

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Hello Bruce,

It doesn’t really matter what type of the list separator used in mpp and xml project. It was important for old text-based mpx format. I’d not suggest using mpx anymore.

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Hi,

Thanks for the quick response. For a specific example, if a resource name is defined as: 'McNaughton, Bruce' in a database, will this continue to cause trouble with MS Project? I've run into problems where MS Project makes lists of names and using the list separator - if this is the same as the , in the resource name then more resources get added accidentally.

(BTW: I have been using automation with VBA rather than any file formats. I'm new to the file format thinking).

Thanks for your help!!

Regards, Bruce