[RESOLVED] Have problem with url and file://

Hi!

I want in ASP generate urls on a web page that point to locally stored files, like a file browser. I build the paths in visual basic code on the server.

The problem is that files with a space in them refuses to encode correctly.

I generate the code like this:

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<td><a href=<%= Replace("file://" + path + "\" + Filename, " ", "%20") %>><%= Filename %></a></td>

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With the above code the url (when right click in IE and select properties) looks fine but the %20 has been replaced with %2520. I understand that something is trying to encode the % character.

When I skip the Replace call and do something like this for a file with name "first text.txt":

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<td><a href=<%= "file://" + path + "\" + Filename %>><%= Filename %></a></td>

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I get an url like file://mypath\myfolder\first

here this "something" that encodes the % doesn't care about the spaces.

Filename above is a string from the "scripting.filesystemobject" library.


Basically, I want to write an url that points to a file on the local network. I know there are much better ways to do this, but this is a really old asp app, and this is a small new feature that was requested. And I have everything working except this rendering of the actual urls. For folders, the Replace(folder, " ", "%20") works fine for some reason.

HELP!

/Henrik

Should I move this to the ASP classic forum?

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Originally Posted by dday9

Should I move this to the ASP classic forum?

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Yes.

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Originally Posted by dclamp

Yes.

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Although, how can you be sure the original poster is using asp and not asp.net? Just because the original poster has written asp that he is not in fact referring to asp.net.

Hi!

My mistake, I assumed this part of the forum was for asp classic and vbscript.
I solved it by putting " around the path, seem to work like when you are typing paths with spaces in the command prompt or executing a batch script.

Problem solved.

/Henrik