Server.URLEncode problem 1

[EddieVenus]

i am using server.urlencode to change a filename into a URLable filename. I have used it before with no problems. But this time I am using the 'filevariable'.name command in my code it is called f1.name . But for some reason instead of file%20name.avi I get file+name%2Eavi. The . or %2E is no big deal, but the + just do not work in the URL. As you can tell these are video files, and when I try to click on any links with spaces in the name I can see the link on the bottom of the screen, and in the address bar once I click, but I still get a file not found error. Any files without spaces are fine, they open and play just like they should. If anyone has an alternate to server.urlencode, or knows of another way around this small snag, please let me know. Thank you.

EddieVenus

 

[snowboardr]

UrlEncode does replace spaces with a +, only thing I could suggest is changing all your filenames that have a space to:

file_name.avi www.vzio.com
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[EddieVenus]

Interesting, thank you. I was under the impression that there was a way to make these links function. I am using IE6 with winXP pro on IIS 5 with ASP.NET. you would think that all this microsoft crap would work together and let the links work. Are you sure that there is no other way to make the links clickable?

 

[EddieVenus]

snowboardr, you rock. I used your advice in my other forum to fix this one. I just replaced all the + in the server.urlencoded variable with %20's. Works like a charm.
here is the code incase I made no sense just now.
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For Each f1 in objFC
if instr(ucase(f1.Name), ".AVI&quot then
encdname = server.URLEncode(f1.name)
urlname = Replace(encdname, "+", "%20&quot
response.write &quot;<tr><td>&quot; & &quot;<a href=&quot; & ojbFV & urlname & &quot;>&quot; & f1.name & &quot;</a>&quot; & &quot;</td><td>&quot; & f1.DateCreated & _
&quot;</td><td>&quot; & f1.Size & &quot;</td><td>&quot;
response.write &quot;</tr>&quot;

end if
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it works like a charm too, it even handles files with funny chars in it like URLencode is supposed to, but without the incompatability. Thank you. Although I do not know where to put the star, here or in the other forum. I guess here is the best choice.

 

[snowboardr]

I should have thought of the replace function in this case too. Glad I could help. www.vzio.com
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