removing special characters through edit type?

[James Flanagan]

FreeBSD 9.x
Filepro 5.7.0.4

I imagine that this question has probably been asked and answered many times over the years, but I do not recall seeing it since i joined the conversation.  

is there a reasonable method to use an edit type to remove special  characters ( such as single quote, forward slash and space) from a field?  I know I could do this through processing, but I am looking for a blanket approach to removing these from entry fields like LAST NANE.  The code creates a file system folder for that name (and it fails when you have a last name with a character like a single quote).  

If not, what is considered the best approach to dealing with these characters (at the system level, as opposed to processing within a single file)?  Thank you very much in advance.  

James Flanagan
Flantec.com

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