getting string from server script to Client script

[gangar]

Hello,

I am posting string data from C++ application, which uses activex webbrowser control, to ASP. The only way i can post this string in binary using safearray.
Anyhow, I am able to successfully read this string in ASP server and assign it to client script varible using following statement.

inputstr = "<%Response.BinaryWrite(Request.BinaryRead(Request.TotalBytes))%>"

The problem is when i have some special characters like ",\r,\n... in my string.

Is there a way to get this string to client sdie, so that i parse it and populate fields.

Thanks

 

[Sheco]

Did you try encoding the data?

 

[gangar]

No, I haven't. I new to ASP and scripting.Could you please provide some example code. - Thanks

 

[travisbrown]

server.htmlencode(string) or server.urlencode(string)

 

[gangar]

I tried Html encoding, and having same problem.

I tried with simple \n in the input string:

function DisPlayMsg()
{
var outputstr
outputstr = "<%= Server.HTMLEncode(Response.BinaryWrite(Request.BinaryRead(Request.TotalBytes))) %>"

alert(outputstr)
}

And after server process:

function DisPlayMsg()
{
var outputstr
outputstr = "abcd
efgh"

alert(outputstr)
}


Ann obviously it is erroring out.

 

[Sheco]

If the character string contains [tt]\n[/tt] and the output of the ASP looks like this:
[tt]
outputstr = "abcd
efgh[/tt]

Then the ASP must be written in JavaScript and the [tt]\n[/tt] is being evaluated rather than being sent to the browser... If this is indeed the problem then it should be fixed by replacing "\" with "\\" to *escape* the slash.

 

[gangar]

I was hoping that there is a better way rather than handling myself each and every special character might appear in my input string.

When I tried to launch html form instead of ASP, I can pass input string as dialog arguments from my C++, which handles all special characters perferctly!
Only problem i can see with ASP is passing string with special characters from server script to client script.

 

[travisbrown]

What about replacing CHR(13),CHR(11),etc. with the slash character equivalents?

 

[Sheco]

If you write the server-side ASP in VBScript, the [tt]\n[/tt] will be meaningless...