Name can contain disallowed characters

[SwiftGDTF]

 

Annex C contains a list of allowed characters for Names but the editor doesn't seem to validate that. I have found one GDTF file where this causes trouble: https://fixturebuilder.gdtf-share.com/load/?rid=105266

The XML contains the following:

          <DMXChannel DMXBreak="1" Geometry="clip. 7" Highlight="None" InitialFunction="clip. 7_ColorAdd_R.ColorAdd_R.ColorAdd_R 1" Offset="34">

The InitialFunction attribute contains `clip. 7_ColorAdd_R.ColorAdd_R.ColorAdd_R 1` which contains an additional `.` from the first Name.

Would be great if the editor would enforce that so the InitialFunction can properly be split as it is otherwise ambiguous.

 

 

Edited December 7, 2025 by SwiftGDTF

[Petr Vanek - Robe]

Thank you for the report. From what i am seeing is that:

When entering the data, this is enforced, Channel Function name:

Geometry Name:

When reading, we also indicate this:

 

The error is also displayed to the user when uploading:

So i think that the GDTF was edited by hand at some point.

I suggest to report it via the Share report feature:

So the author is aware.

Thank you

Petr

 

[SwiftGDTF]

Ah, the name is coming from the geometry! I was looking for an error on the DMX Page. Thanks for pointing this out!

I don't see an error on the summary page though. Is this "1 Remaining DMX Error(s)" just shown for new uploads? 

I have tried to report it but this seems to fail. It is stuck at the loading indicator which never goes away.
I have looked at the response from report.php and it returns `{"error":"Missing arguments"}`

I have filled out every field so not sure what is missing.

[SwiftGDTF]

It worked now if I don't specify a company or a phone number. My best guess is that it doesn't like "No" as a phone number.