# Minor surprises

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/minor-surprises/2842
**Category:** Bugs
**Created:** [May 29, 2007, 11:48am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/minor-surprises/2842 "2007-05-29T11:48:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2007, 11:48am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/minor-surprises/2842/1 "2007-05-29T11:48:38Z")

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Hi,

bug or feature, I do not know.

1. If I wrote a place holder by hand and just finishing it with a "%" I get the following&nbsp;error message: "% missing at the end of variable".

2. If I use the "Build VS.Net Solution" action, I can use "\" and "/" as directory delimiter (even both mixed). Only the last delimiter must be a "\" or no projects are listed.

3. If I start typing a place holder and press "Enter" for automatic completion, the place holder is inserted between the "%" and the typed characters. The results looks&nbsp;like: "%PathLocal%pathl".

Regards,

Christian

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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2007, 5:42am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/minor-surprises/2842/2 "2007-05-30T05:42:44Z")

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Hi,   
  
 I forgot to mention for point 3, that right of the variable must a least one character to get the descripted behavoir. If right of the new variable is another variable, everything between until the next “%” is deleted.   
  
 Regards,   
  
 Christian

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### Author: ![angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/angus)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/minor-surprises/2842/3 "2007-05-31T02:52:49Z")

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Hi Christian,   
  
Thanks for reporting these. I can confirm that (1) and (3) are bugs, we'll have them fixed ASAP.   
  
For (2), I assume that you mean the path to the solution file. Why do you want to use a forward slash as a directory delimiter? If it works at all, it's a flukey bug with the Windows file system & Visual Studio.   
  
  
Regards,   
  
Angus

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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2007, 9:14am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/minor-surprises/2842/4 "2007-05-31T09:14:26Z")

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Hi Angus,   
  
 \>Why do you want to use a forward slash as a directory delimiter? If it works at all, it’s a flukey bug with the Windows file system & Visual Studio.   
  
 It is easier to type on a german keyboard 😉 and surprisingly it is working fine in most cases (actions).   
  
 Regards,   
  
 Christian

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### Author: ![Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/vincent/32/938_2.png) [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2007, 10:48am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/minor-surprises/2842/5 "2007-05-31T10:48:58Z")

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Hi

1 & 3 should be fixed in this build :

[https://www.finalbuilder.com/downloads/finalbuilder/550/FB550\_251.exe](https://www.finalbuilder.com/downloads/finalbuilder/550/FB550_251.exe)

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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2007, 9:29am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/minor-surprises/2842/6 "2007-06-15T09:29:57Z")

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Hi,   
  
 I have to reopen this topic for version 5.5.0.251.   
 I am in a text replace action in the field “Replacement String” with the following line: $1$2,$3,%VersionRelease%,%VersionBuild% .   
 If I replace “$2” with "%blabla% using auto complete, all characters before the next “%” are removed.   
  
 Regards,   
  
 Christian