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[ajharn]

Hello again,

I have a case where I have a filename with spaces in it that I want to use in a hyperlink in an e-mail that goes out. I need to replace the spaces in the filename with "%20" for linking purposes. I'm sending a straight URL in the e-mal, not an HREF, since the e-mail is going out as text format and I don't know what e-mail clients will be used to read it.

My approach was to use Variable Manipulation to find each Space, and replace it with a "%20" string. However, I'm having trouble figuring out how to "find" a space with variable manipulation.

Will it recognize a character code or hex value for a space, or some such?

Please advise, and do let me know if there is a smarter way to solve this problem.

Thanks much.
AJ

[ajharn]

Okay,

I figured out how to do this with REGEX. It was new to me as a 6.x user and not otherwise a code jockey - But very simple and powerful. Thanks for including it. And thanks for Variable Manipulation. Huge time saver.

For reference. Using the Variable Manipulation task, I chose the variable (Task::Filename) that I wanted to take the spaces out of and did:

Find: /s (REGEX for space character)
Replace: %20

Which changed "NAME WITH SPACES" to "NAME%20WITH%20SPACES%20"

If you see a better approach to solving my base problem, please holler at me.

Thanks,
AJ

[melvin]

Glad to know that you figured it out.
No, I do not know of a better approach.