[Resolved] OutlookEx AttachmentSave auto add _ to file name

[CC_Mu]

I am trying to save email's attachment to destination folder but the file name automatically replace space with an underscore, How can I eliminate this feature?

this is my code

_OL_ItemAttachmentSave($oOutlook, $aMail[1][0], Default, 1, "W:\myfolder\file name has space 2018.xlsx)

however, the file saved is actually this 

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W:\myfolder\file_name_has_space_2018.xlsx

How can I make sure the file name is saved as what I need? Thank you so much for helping me!

Edited December 5, 2018 by CC_Mu
resolved the question

[TheXman]

@CC_Mu

If you look at the _OL_ItemAttachmentSave() function, in the OutlookEx.au3 file, on or about line 2449, you will see the following line of code:

$sFName = StringRegExpReplace($sFName, '[ \/:*?"<>|]', '_')

It is replacing all special characters in the filename with underscore.  So if you don't want it to do that, you can modify the function, create your own function, or rename the file after the fact.

Edited December 5, 2018 by TheXman

[water]

If it works for you then I might modify the UDF as spaces are acceptable in file names. 

[CC_Mu]

15 hours ago, TheXman said:

@CC_Mu

If you look at the _OL_ItemAttachmentSave() function, in the OutlookEx.au3 file, on or about line 2449, you will see the following line of code:

$sFName = StringRegExpReplace($sFName, '[ \/:*?"<>|]', '_')

It is replacing all special characters in the filename with underscore.  So if you don't want it to do that, you can modify the function, create your own function, or rename the file after the fact.

Got it, I may just rename the file one more time, dont want to mess up with the original function. Thank you for your help! TheXman

9 hours ago, water said:

If it works for you then I might modify the UDF as spaces are acceptable in file names. 

Hey Water, thanks for reading this post, it is ok for me to rename the file one more time. Since I dont see much people have similar question like me, I am not sure if it worths for your to modify the UDF, but it is totally up to you! Thank you for developing this UDF, it is awesome!

 

 

[water]

Glad you like the UDF

As you have found a simple solution I will, for the time being, not change the UDF until a few more users report the same problem.