# Problem with spaces in property path

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-spaces-in-property-path/12039>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 15, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-spaces-in-property-path/12039 "2016-08-15T21:23:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Brian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brian)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-spaces-in-property-path/12039/1 "2016-08-15T21:23:23Z")

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I have a popup window that I am building. It has a custom property of a UDT type that will get passed to it when the popup is opened from another window.

On the popup screen is a button that I would like to use to set the value of a tag in the UDT. The tag name has some spaces in it, and this is causing an issue.

The property path is: event.source.parent.FurnaceUDT.Programmer.Programmer Mode Status  
Is there a way I can escape the spaces in the tag name? Or am I stuck with renaming the tag?

Thanks,  
Brian

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**Author:** ![iheartada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6de8d8/32.png) [@iheartada](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/iheartada)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-spaces-in-property-path/12039/2 "2016-08-15T22:52:55Z")

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You can’t use spaces. Try using underscores instead. Try to get in the habit of not using spaces. Underscores and capital letters and how I do it. Remember not every operating system and dbs allows spaces.

Ex:

Blue\_Mustang  
BlueMustang  
allYourbaseArebelongTous