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Topic: Forum Upload fails if quote in file name

Posted By: jpullam2
Subject: Forum Upload fails if quote in file name
Date Posted: 05 May 2005 at 6:13pm

Windows allows users to create filenames with imbedded quotes. For example Captain's Committee.doc is a valid name. If you select that file when doing an upload, the upload fails.

Some users report that the name field just goes blank; I have received a runtime error.

I realize that this is not a great naming practice, but users do what they do.

Any idea how to fix this problem?

Using 7.9 with Persits ASPUpload.

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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 06 May 2005 at 6:02am

Try a different upload component

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Posted By: jpullam2
Date Posted: 06 May 2005 at 8:51am

Unfortunately that is the componenent that the ISP supports and it is unlikely that I can change it without evidence that there is a clear problem with it.

Is this a unique problem to Persits AspUpload?

For what it's worth, I receive an error in the following script in upload_files.asp:

window.opener.document.getElementById("message").contentWindow.focus();
var htmlLink = window.opener.document.getElementById("message").contentWindow.document.selection.createRange()
htmlLink.pasteHTML('<a href="/forum/upload/jpullam/2005-05-06_064103_test_'_file.doc">2005-05-06_064103_test_'_file.doc& lt;/a>');
window.opener.document.getElementById("message").contentWindow.document.execCommand('paste', false, '');
window.close();

</script>

The error points to the imbedded single quote in the URL.