Issue with Environmental Variables within URLS in Designer build prior to Q2 2024

Issue with Environmental Variables within URLS in Designer build prior to Q2 2024

A user reported an issue within the post-load action in Designer when upgrading their system from Q1 2023 to Q1 2024.

The issue occurred where an environment variable name was included within a pathname of a post-load action.  Designer was reporting the pathname as invalid.  The action worked where the pathname was included in full.



This action reported an error

The action worked in the Designer post-load action when the pathname is included in full rather than aliased.

This has been corrected in versions from Q2 2024 onwards. 

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