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Uploading an attachment with special characters in the filename causes a TypeError

Written by Gemma
Updated over 5 months ago

Issue:

Uploading an Attachment which has special characters in the filename will fail to upload and cause a TypeError to be displayed:

"TypeError: Failed to execute 'setRequestHeader' on 'XMLHttpRequest': Value is not a valid ByteString."

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Special characters which will cause this issue include:

Em dash (–)

Ellipsis (…)

Workaround:

Update the filename to avoid the use of special characters.

Affected Version(s):

All versions.

Proposed Resolution:

ADO-28397 has been raised to address this issue in a future Release.

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