Name conventions

When adding items to your project, note the following restrictions for the various item names in the Project Tree:

Project item

Restrictions

Classes

There are no restrictions on what characters are allowed in class names. Characters from non-western languages and right-to-left languages are allowed.

Fields

Field names cannot contain spaces and the first character of the name cannot be a number. In addition, the following characters are not allowed:

/\"*?:<>| and #!£$%^&,..

Formatters

Formatter names cannot include spaces or underscores and when adding a formatter you cannot type either of these characters. However, you can paste in a value that includes spaces or underscores. A warning message is displayed to indicate that these characters are not supported.

Locators

Locator names cannot include spaces. All other characters are allowed including characters from non-western languages and right-to-left languages.

Validation Rules

There are no restrictions on what characters are allowed in Validation Rule names. Characters from non-western languages and right-to-left languages are allowed.

Structure Rules

There are no restrictions on what characters are allowed in Structure Rule names. Characters from non-western languages and right-to-left languages are allowed.

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