[HTML Comments] Copy pasting errors Topic is solved

[fjeronimo]

Hi Dan,

A few small issues when copy/pasting text into tasks with HTML Comments (all of these work fine in RTF comments), perhaps linked with escaping of URI and forbidden path characters.

Using latest stable version 8.0.9.0.

All of the following lead to a Illegal characters in path error popup when pasted into any HTML comment task and the text is not pasted (but the tool continues to work without crashing):

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<
>
|
anychars"anychars
anychars"anychars"
"anychars"anychars"

IllegalCharactersInPath.png (2.58 KiB) Viewed 2609 times

When using forward and backslashes, a similar error popup is presented but with a slightly different message Invalid URI - The format of the URI could not be determined:

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\
/
\"
"\
"/
/"
"""""/
"""""\
\r\n\t

InvalidUriTheFormatCouldNotBeDetermined.png (3.17 KiB) Viewed 2609 times

If we add more than 3 forward or baclslashes in a row, then the error changes again to Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed:

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///
////
"///"
\\\
\\\\
"\\\"

InvalidUriTheHostnameCouldNotBeParsed.png (3.02 KiB) Viewed 2609 times

Cheers,

Frederico

[fjeronimo]

Ah, having two or more spaces in a row also causes llegal characters in path error:

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<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
<P>&nbsp; </P>

[abstr]

My bad. In fixing the other recent issues with filepaths I ended up using a system function which clearly is much less forgiving than I hoped.

However I'm not quite clear on what I need to do to reproduce the error...

I should add that I tried copying/pasting the text examples you provided but that didn't work.

[fjeronimo]

However I'm not quite clear on what I need to do to reproduce the error...

I should add that I tried copying/pasting the text examples you provided but that didn't work.

Hmm, that's odd. I have a 100% reproducible scenario on my machine for all of the above.

Steps:

1. Create new tasklist.
2. Add an HTML-based task.
3. Paste any of the above text examples (e.g. >) into it.

Might not be relevant, but running this on a Windows 10 64-bit laptop with .NET Core 3.1 SDK.

I even tried a fresh install of ToDoList 8.0.9.0 (as the version I use is in source control and continously upgraded) and it's the same outcome.

[fjeronimo]

I have tried it in two other machines I have -- a Windows 8.1 laptop and a Windows 10 desktop -- and the result is the same.

[abstr]

Excellent thanks, when I followed those simple instructions I got the error.

[abstr]

Fixed in 8.0.10