Is it possible to have a space in the directory name of a Structure Group?

Question

Looking to have an output directory on content delivery that has a space in the directory name.

"D:\Data\webdocs\wwwroot\hello world"

Looks like the Tridion schema for Structure Groups don't allow it in the directory. Any way to get this?

Running Tridion 2011 SP1 HR1. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible by modifying the regular expression for directories.

<xsd:simpleType name="Directory">
    <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
        <xsd:maxLength value="255"/>
        <xsd:pattern value="[-a-zA-Z0-9!\(\)_~. ]*"/>
    </xsd:restriction>
</xsd:simpleType>

The modifications are done in %TRIDION_HOME%\bin\cm_xml_usr.xsd

After doing the changes you should restart the COM+ application and the Service Host Windows Service.

Answer 2

There is a hotfix contained in the SDL Tridion 2011 SP1 HR2 that solves my issue:

Hotfix 84000 Structure Groups do not allow spaces in directory name.

Version This hotfix concerns SDL Tridion 2011 SP1HR1.
Problem Structure Groups do not allow spaces in directory name. This also applies for the publication path and publication images path.
Hotfix description Directory validation check has been altered and now support spaces as well.
Distributed files Tridion.ContentManager.Common.dll (File Version 6.1.0.997)
Fixes included None Dependencies None