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FSX Minus sign in macro names ??

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This got me stumped again; I searched the forum, but couldn't find anything related.
(sorry if I missed it)

When I add this macro to a gauge
Code: 
<Macro Name="VSPU-36">
  (L:PAYLOAD STATION WEIGHT,number) 3 ==
</Macro>

the whole gauge doesn't appear to do anything.
But when I open the gauge in Internet Explorer, to check the syntax, there's no problem.

Now, when I change the name to VSPU36 (so remove the minus character), it works fine.

I tried this in a few other (unrelated) gauges with completely different Macro's in other aircraft: same result.

My conclusion: a minus ("-") character in a macro name is not allowed.
Can someone confirm/explain this ??

Rob
 
Heretic said:
Could be the same as the "°" character in comments.
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It is not. Actually that macro name does not contain an invalid DTD character, but rather one not supported by FSim parser.
The xml file is valid but the parser rejects to load the gauge.
Macro names can only contain standard alphanumeric characters plus the underscore "_" sign. Plus, minus, etc (and spaces, obviously) are not allowed.

Tom
 
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