Russ said:
Here is what I came up with
Response.Redirect(@".\folder\" + Server.UrlEncode(filename));
Now if my filename is 5373453 Store #2345.pdf
This is what I get in the address bar:
http://localhost/Path/folder/5373453+Store+#2345.pdf
This is not working though.
Anyone know why it is not working?
Possibly. Server.UrlEncode() encodes things using a pseudo-standard based
on how browsers implemented the <isindex> tags a long time ago, and how
query parameters are usually encoded even today. Spaces get encoded to '+'.
This type of encoding is only suitable for the query parameters portion of a
URL.
RFC 1738 specifies that spaces should be encoded using %20. As far as I
know, there's no easily accessible method to RFC 1738 encode URLs in the
framework:
- if using JScript.NET you can call the encodeURI() or the
encodeURIComponent() global function
- there are protected methods of the Uri class that do this, if you
want to create a class that inherits from it to do the work you need
- or you can use his hack:
string encodedUrl = (new UriBuilder( "http", "localhost", 80,
originalFilename)).Path;
However, I don't think the UriBuilder constructor will encode the '#'
character for you, as that is a valid character in a URL - though it has
special meaning (it's the fragment separator). If your filename contains a
'#' character, it will need to be escaped (into %23) to work correctly, and
you might need to do that on your own.
You should look at RFC 1738 and the documentation for Javascript's
encodeURIComponent().
