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Offline bazography

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& symbol makes catalog name disappear
« on: October 24, 2019, 01:12:05 AM »
I've been testing with 2 catalogs and have been wondering why my catalog names weren't showing up under "Active Catalogs" or "Manage Catalogs". I just discovered that if you use the "&" symbol in a catalog name, it makes the name disappear. The other symbols I tried don't cause an issue, although I didn't check them all.
I attached a screenshot of my test, and you can see that the 2nd catalog name has disappeared, and the only change is the addition of an "&" symbol at the end.

build 3783
macOS 10.14.6

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Re: & symbol makes catalog name disappear
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2019, 07:33:48 AM »
I've been testing with 2 catalogs and have been wondering why my catalog names weren't showing up under "Active Catalogs" or "Manage Catalogs". I just discovered that if you use the "&" symbol in a catalog name, it makes the name disappear. The other symbols I tried don't cause an issue, although I didn't check them all.
I attached a screenshot of my test, and you can see that the 2nd catalog name has disappeared, and the only change is the addition of an "&" symbol at the end.

build 3783
macOS 10.14.6

What word or letters followed the ampersand (&) ?

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Re: & symbol makes catalog name disappear
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2019, 11:27:31 AM »
I tried all sorts of catalog names and the results are the same any time "&" is used. It can be at the beginning, the end or in the middle of any combination of letters or other symbols.

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Re: & symbol makes catalog name disappear
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2019, 11:57:26 AM »
I tried all sorts of catalog names and the results are the same any time "&" is used. It can be at the beginning, the end or in the middle of any combination of letters or other symbols.

Hmm.  Attached is what I tried.  I'm unable to reproduce.

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Re: & symbol makes catalog name disappear
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2019, 12:19:17 PM »
Never mind, I figured it out.  A fix is in the works.

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