Note
Access to this page requires authorization. You can try signing in or changing directories.
Access to this page requires authorization. You can try changing directories.
Special characters must be escaped only if they have special meaning in the context in which they are being used. For example, the asterisk (*) is a special character only in the "Include" and "Exclude" attributes of an item definition, or in a call to CreateItem. In all other cases, the asterisk is treated as a literal asterisk. While you do not need to escape asterisks everywhere in project files, doing so does no harm.
Use the notation %<xx> in place of the special character, where <xx> represents the hexadecimal value of the ASCII character. For example, to use an asterisk (*) as a literal character, use the value %2A.
The full list of special characters to escape follows:
| Character | ASCII encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|
| % | %25 | Percent sign, used to reference metadata. |
| $ | %24 | Dollar sign, used to reference properties. |
| @ | %40 | At sign, used to reference item lists. |
| ( | %28 | Open parenthesis, used in lists. |
| ) | %29 | Close parenthesis, used in lists. |
| ; | %3B | Semicolon, a list separator. |
| ? | %3F | Question mark, a wildcard character when describing a file spec in an item's Include/Exclude section. |
| * | %2A | Asterisk, a wildcard character when describing a file spec in an item's Include/Exclude section. |
Note
In some scenarios, you may need to escape double quote (") characters, such as when using within an Exec task.