32.7 Renaming HTML files for automated systems

For names of Mif2Go-generated files, Mif2Go is more restrictive than Windows. Only alphanumeric characters and upper-ASCII accented characters are allowed; no punctuation at all, and no spaces, unless you explicitly override these restrictions. See §2.1 Naming files, folders, and paths.

The ability to respecify HTML output file names is available for a single purpose: to allow creation of files that external software tools need to have named a particular way. Doing so works well for that purpose. Do not try to rename split files unless you are constructing an automated system. Why? Because our experience shows there is a very high probability of name collisions. 

Note:

Renaming an HTML output file outside of Mif2Go breaks any links to that file; however, see §18.6.4 Enabling links to renamed or relocated files.

In this section:

§32.7.1 Understanding which files can be renamed

§32.7.2 Renaming individual split files

§32.7.3 Using custom markers to name split and extract files

§32.7.4 Using paragraph formats to name split files

§32.7.5 Including identifiers and sequence numbers in file names

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