Handling files with & in name

[David C]

I have an asp.net VB application that gets a filename and tries to display
it on a web page. It seems to be truncating the name when the name contains
"&" in it. Below is what I am using to grab the name. How can I get around
that? Thanks.
David

If Not Request.Cookies ("path") Is Nothing Then
strPath = Server.HtmlEnco de(Request.Cook ies("path").Val ue)
strPath = Request.Cookies ("path").Val ue
End If

[Steve C. Orr [MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASP Insider]]

Re: Handling files with & in name

You should use HtmlEncode when placing the value IN the cookie.
You should use HtmlDecode when retrieving the value from the cookie.

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I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr,
MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASPInsider

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"David C" <dlchase@lifeti meinc.comwrote in message
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>I have an asp.net VB application that gets a filename and tries to display
>it on a web page. It seems to be truncating the name when the name
>contains "&" in it. Below is what I am using to grab the name. How can I
>get around that? Thanks.
David
>
If Not Request.Cookies ("path") Is Nothing Then
strPath = Server.HtmlEnco de(Request.Cook ies("path").Val ue)
strPath = Request.Cookies ("path").Val ue
End If
>
>