Bring back colored file and folder names

The dots have got to go!!! Make them an option if you need to, but GIVE US BACK THE HIGHLIGHTING OF FILE NAMES, FOLDER NAMES, AND FOLDERS!!!!!!!!
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO LISTEN TO YOUR CUSTOMERS --- THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA

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I've recently begun adding windows clients to my network. In doing so, I've found that on my file shares from OS X server, the windows clients are unable to see files and folders which have names containing special characters such as / ? < > \ : * | ”
Unfortunately my accounting department has been creating files with these characters in their names for several years. I would like to find if there is a way to prevent them from using a defined set of characters in the file and folder names to prevent them from "accidentally" doing so in the future.
I've found that by turning off streams support on SMB in OS X server, that my windows clients can at least see that a file or folder should exist, albeit with a corrupted file name. Removing the special characters from these names allows the proper name to become visible and the file accessible.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.

(_seb_) wrote:
> Gary White wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:15:04 +0100, "(_seb_)"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> "ça alors: it's a déjà-vu"
>>>
>>> How can I encode this so it's valid as a
directory name, yet can be
>>> displayed as intended when the name is output to
the page.
>>> urlencode() does not do the job, neither does
htmlentities()...
>>
>>
>> What's wrong with:
>>
>> $l="ça alors: it's a déjà-vu";
>> print urlencode($l)." \n";
>> print htmlspecialchars($l);
>>
>> Gary
>
>
> I know that, but what is the name of the directory? It
has to be a real
> directory name, not a string stored somewhere.
>
> What's a valid encoding for a directory named "ça
alors: it's a
> déjà-vu"? I can call a folder like this on my
Mac, but it won't work on
> any server...
>
>
>
PS: basically it's not a url encoding issue.
I can url encode "ça alors: it's a déjà-vu",
and pass it in a url query string. But my issue is not
with an url query string, it's with an actual URL, that is,
the actual name of the directory. It
can't be "ça alors: it's a déjà-vu". But I
want to allow the user to name their directory like that
if they want. So I need a way to encode this into characters
that can be used for an actual
directory on the server.
seb ( [email protected])
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Hi,
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http://sharepointknowledgebase.blogspot.in/2013/04/url-path-length-restrictions-in.html#.VKJN53BJA
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/Michael

Originally Posted by J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)
mimo <[email protected]> wrote:
> There is one problem... Filenames and directory names with the Danish ,
> & (ae, oe & aa), e.g the filename bger.doc (bger = books) is shown as
> b. and when clicking the file the file disappears from the file list. It
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HTH,
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Technical Support Engineer, EMEA Services Center, Novell Technical Services
Novell, Inc. Software for the Open Enterprise Software for the Open Enterprise
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