Invalid character in Document  ID Exception

Invalid character in Document ID results from a barcode having characters that can not be used to name files or folders in Windows.  Valid characters include English alphabet printable characters and symbols,  except for the following special characters:  ? * | < >    (See Windows Long File Name for details)

Unicode Values in Barcodes

In order to use UNICODE characters in the output file name, the barcode value should use UTF-16 format, as follows.  

1. The format starts with a Byte Order Mark (BOM): 0xff 0xfe (little-endian) or 0xfe 0xff (big-endian).  

2. The BOM is followed by byte pairs, each representing a single UNICODE character.

3. The BOM character pair is not included in the output file name.

To avoid this exception

• Set the On invalid filename character in barcode value in the Output Panel to Skip.  Invalid characters will be ignored, and will not be used to name the file or folder.

• Set the On invalid filename character in barcode value in the Output Panel to Replace With: Invalid characters will be replaced by the specified character in the output file name.

• If invalid characters are expected to be a routine part of the barcode value, use the Barcode Field Barcode Panel as a part of Folder  and/or File fields of File/Folder Name Editor, to extract a substring containing only the valid characters..

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