spaces in file paths

17 Dec 2006 3:00 PM

DesCF

The following doesn't work:

Dim photoPath As String =3D "R:\My Documents\My Pictures\MiscLL\"

It doesn't work if I use double quotes either. It does work if I use a =
=

different path without spaces in it. What is the simple solution ?

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17 Dec 2006 4:18 PM

Eric Moreau

concatenate double quotes around it:

Dim photoPath As String = chr(34) + "R:\My Documents\My Pictures\MiscLL\" +
chr(34)

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Conseiller Principal / Senior Consultant
S2i web inc. (www.s2i.com)
http://emoreau.s2i.com/

"DesCF" <de***@aol.com> wrote in message news:op.tkplbpvrupgxg0@descstar...

The following doesn't work:

Dim photoPath As String = "R:\My Documents\My Pictures\MiscLL\"

It doesn't work if I use double quotes either. It does work if I use a
different path without spaces in it. What is the simple solution ?

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17 Dec 2006 5:56 PM

DesCF

I tried this and I get an invalid characters in path error. Thanks for =
=

the suggestion anyrate.

On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:18:30 -0000, Eric Moreau =

<eric.moreau_N_O_S_P_***@videotron.ca> wrote:

> concatenate double quotes around it:
>
> Dim photoPath As String =3D chr(34) + "R:\My Documents\My =

> Pictures\MiscLL\" +
> chr(34)
>
>

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17 Dec 2006 6:46 PM

RobinS

What are you trying to do with it; how are you trying to use it?
Post more of your code, and maybe we can help you with it.

Robin S.
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I tried this and I get an invalid characters in path error. Thanks for
the suggestion anyrate.

On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:18:30 -0000, Eric Moreau
<eric.moreau_N_O_S_P_***@videotron.ca> wrote:

> concatenate double quotes around it:
>
> Dim photoPath As String = chr(34) + "R:\My Documents\My
> Pictures\MiscLL\" +
> chr(34)
>
>

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17 Dec 2006 4:23 PM

Tom Leylan

I'd be shocked if that didn't work. It doesn't assign that string to the
photoPath variable?

"DesCF" <de***@aol.com> wrote in message news:op.tkplbpvrupgxg0@descstar...

The following doesn't work:

Dim photoPath As String = "R:\My Documents\My Pictures\MiscLL\"

It doesn't work if I use double quotes either. It does work if I use a
different path without spaces in it. What is the simple solution ?

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17 Dec 2006 7:29 PM

Cor Ligthert [MVP]

Tom,

This is not in every country the same, here in Holland I have

C:\Documents and Settings\cor\Mijn documenten\Mijn afbeeldingen

I thought that Herfried had that Document and Settings in the German
language as well.

However this is as well working here.

Environment.SpecialFolder.MyPictures

I know that you knew this.

:-)

Cor

Therefore Environment.
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> I'd be shocked if that didn't work. It doesn't assign that string to the
> photoPath variable?
>
> "DesCF" <de***@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:op.tkplbpvrupgxg0@descstar...
> The following doesn't work:
>
> Dim photoPath As String = "R:\My Documents\My Pictures\MiscLL\"
>
> It doesn't work if I use double quotes either. It does work if I use a
> different path without spaces in it. What is the simple solution ?
>
>
>
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17 Dec 2006 7:46 PM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

Cor,

"Cor Ligthert [MVP]" <notmyfirstn***@planet.nl> schrieb:
> This is not in every country the same, here in Holland I have
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\cor\Mijn documenten\Mijn afbeeldingen
>
> I thought that Herfried had that Document and Settings in the German
> language as well.

It's "C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\...\Eigene Dokumente\Eigene Bilder" on
my German version of Windows XP.

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17 Dec 2006 8:37 PM

Tom Leylan

Hi Cor:

I don't believe the assignment of either string would fail in any country
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:-)

"Cor Ligthert [MVP]" <notmyfirstn***@planet.nl> wrote in message
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> Tom,
>
> This is not in every country the same, here in Holland I have
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\cor\Mijn documenten\Mijn afbeeldingen
>
> I thought that Herfried had that Document and Settings in the German
> language as well.
>
> However this is as well working here.
>
> Environment.SpecialFolder.MyPictures
>
> I know that you knew this.
>
> :-)
>
> Cor
>
> Therefore Environment.
> "Tom Leylan" <tleylan@nospam.net> schreef in bericht
> news:Oo2qjefIHHA.4760@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> I'd be shocked if that didn't work. It doesn't assign that string to the
>> photoPath variable?
>>
>> "DesCF" <de***@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:op.tkplbpvrupgxg0@descstar...
>> The following doesn't work:
>>
>> Dim photoPath As String = "R:\My Documents\My Pictures\MiscLL\"
>>
>> It doesn't work if I use double quotes either. It does work if I use a
>> different path without spaces in it. What is the simple solution ?
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>>
>
>

18 Dec 2006 5:25 AM

Cor Ligthert [MVP]

Tom,

I agree with you, however I saw nowhere in the answers the message to the
Environment Special folder and thought as the OP has installed in a kind of
crazy way to that R folder while also writing it in an easy way, than this
could be the problem.

It can of course as well be incorrect rights on that virtual folder as it is
often.

:-)

Cor

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> Hi Cor:
>
> I don't believe the assignment of either string would fail in any country
> :-)
>
>
> "Cor Ligthert [MVP]" <notmyfirstn***@planet.nl> wrote in message
> news:%23VGWiFhIHHA.1816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Tom,
>>
>> This is not in every country the same, here in Holland I have
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\cor\Mijn documenten\Mijn afbeeldingen
>>
>> I thought that Herfried had that Document and Settings in the German
>> language as well.
>>
>> However this is as well working here.
>>
>> Environment.SpecialFolder.MyPictures
>>
>> I know that you knew this.
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> Cor
>>
>> Therefore Environment.
>> "Tom Leylan" <tleylan@nospam.net> schreef in bericht
>> news:Oo2qjefIHHA.4760@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> I'd be shocked if that didn't work. It doesn't assign that string to
>>> the photoPath variable?
>>>
>>> "DesCF" <de***@aol.com> wrote in message
>>> news:op.tkplbpvrupgxg0@descstar...
>>> The following doesn't work:
>>>
>>> Dim photoPath As String = "R:\My Documents\My Pictures\MiscLL\"
>>>
>>> It doesn't work if I use double quotes either. It does work if I use a
>>> different path without spaces in it. What is the simple solution ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>>
>>
>>
>
>

17 Dec 2006 4:35 PM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"DesCF" <de***@aol.com> schrieb:
>The following doesn't work:
>
>Dim photoPath As String = "R:\My Documents\My Pictures\MiscLL\"
>
>It doesn't work if I use double quotes either. It does work if I use a
>different path without spaces in it. What is the simple solution ?

What does not work?!

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17 Dec 2006 7:29 PM

Cor Ligthert [MVP]

Herfried,

Sie auch, unglaublich?

:-)

Cor

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> "DesCF" <de***@aol.com> schrieb:
>>The following doesn't work:
>>
>>Dim photoPath As String = "R:\My Documents\My Pictures\MiscLL\"
>>
>>It doesn't work if I use double quotes either. It does work if I use a
>>different path without spaces in it. What is the simple solution ?
>
> What does not work?!
>
> --
> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

17 Dec 2006 5:54 PM

DesCF

Right, the code for the entire web page is below.

If I create a directory J:\Fots and stick some photos in it, it works ju=
st =

fine. If I change the directory name to J:\Fot s (i.e. insert a space =

between the t and the s) it just displays the placeholders for the right=
=

number of photos with little red X's in them.

<%@ Page Language=3D"VB" %>
<%@ Import Namespace=3D"System.IO" %>
<%@ Import Namespace=3D"System.Collections.Generic" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" =

"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<script runat=3D"server">

     ''' <summary>
     ''' Bind photos to Repeater
     ''' </summary>
     Sub Page_Load()
         If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
             Repeater1.DataSource =3D GetPhotos()
             Repeater1.DataBind()
         End If
     End Sub

     ''' <summary>
     ''' Get list of photos from Photo folder
     ''' </summary>
   Public Function GetPhotos() As List(Of String)
     Dim photos As New List(Of String)()
     Dim photoPath As String =3D "J:\Fot s\"
     Dim files As String() =3D Directory.GetFiles(photoPath)
     For Each photo As String In files
       photos.Add(photoPath + Path.GetFileName(photo))
     Next
     Return photos
   End Function

</script>
<html xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id=3D"Head1" runat=3D"server">
     <title>Show Photos</title>
</head>
<body>
     <form id=3D"form1" runat=3D"server">
     <div>

     <asp:Repeater
         id=3D"Repeater1"
         runat=3D"server">
         <ItemTemplate>
             <asp:Image
                 id=3D"Image1"
                 Width=3D"200px"
                 ImageUrl=3D'<%# Container.DataItem %>'
                 Runat=3D"server" />
         </ItemTemplate>
     </asp:Repeater>

     </div>
     </form>
</body>
</html>

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On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 15:00:51 -0000, DesCF <de***@aol.com> wrote:

> The following doesn't work:
>
> Dim photoPath As String =3D "R:\My Documents\My Pictures\MiscLL\"
>
> It doesn't work if I use double quotes either. It does work if I use =
a =

> different path without spaces in it. What is the simple solution ?
>
>
>

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17 Dec 2006 10:49 PM

Tom Leylan

"When something doesn't seem to work correctly eliminate all the surrounding
code so you can concentrate on the one part that doesn't seem to work
correctly."

Did you try simply getting a directory and displaying the file names on your
local drive? If so did it work? I think you will find that it does work
whether or not there are spaces but you should confirm this. Now you know
that isn't the problem after all and you can spend some time finding real
problem.

BTW isn't your line: photos.Add(photoPath + Path.GetFileName(photo)) the
same as simply using the photo value? Aren't you stripping the path off and
putting it back on?

"DesCF" <de***@aol.com> wrote in message news:op.tkptcogqupgxg0@descstar...

Right, the code for the entire web page is below.

If I create a directory J:\Fots and stick some photos in it, it works just
fine. If I change the directory name to J:\Fot s (i.e. insert a space
between the t and the s) it just displays the placeholders for the right
number of photos with little red X's in them.

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.IO" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Collections.Generic" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<script runat="server">

     ''' <summary>
     ''' Bind photos to Repeater
     ''' </summary>
     Sub Page_Load()
         If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
             Repeater1.DataSource = GetPhotos()
             Repeater1.DataBind()
         End If
     End Sub

     ''' <summary>
     ''' Get list of photos from Photo folder
     ''' </summary>
   Public Function GetPhotos() As List(Of String)
     Dim photos As New List(Of String)()
     Dim photoPath As String = "J:\Fot s\"
     Dim files As String() = Directory.GetFiles(photoPath)
     For Each photo As String In files
       photos.Add(photoPath + Path.GetFileName(photo))
     Next
     Return photos
   End Function

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
     <title>Show Photos</title>
</head>
<body>
     <form id="form1" runat="server">
     <div>

     <asp:Repeater
         id="Repeater1"
         runat="server">
         <ItemTemplate>
             <asp:Image
                 id="Image1"
                 Width="200px"
                 ImageUrl='<%# Container.DataItem %>'
                 Runat="server" />
         </ItemTemplate>
     </asp:Repeater>

     </div>
     </form>
</body>
</html>

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On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 15:00:51 -0000, DesCF <de***@aol.com> wrote:

> The following doesn't work:
>
> Dim photoPath As String = "R:\My Documents\My Pictures\MiscLL\"
>
> It doesn't work if I use double quotes either. It does work if I use a
> different path without spaces in it. What is the simple solution ?
>
>
>

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18 Dec 2006 5:26 AM

Cor Ligthert [MVP]

Tom,

Very good answer seen all others including mine

:-)

Cor

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"Tom Leylan" <tleylan@nospam.net> schreef in bericht
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> "When something doesn't seem to work correctly eliminate all the
> surrounding code so you can concentrate on the one part that doesn't seem
> to work correctly."
>
> Did you try simply getting a directory and displaying the file names on
> your local drive? If so did it work? I think you will find that it does
> work whether or not there are spaces but you should confirm this. Now you
> know that isn't the problem after all and you can spend some time finding
> real problem.
>
> BTW isn't your line:   photos.Add(photoPath + Path.GetFileName(photo)) the
> same as simply using the photo value? Aren't you stripping the path off
> and putting it back on?
>
>
>
> "DesCF" <de***@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:op.tkptcogqupgxg0@descstar...
> Right, the code for the entire web page is below.
>
> If I create a directory J:\Fots and stick some photos in it, it works just
> fine. If I change the directory name to J:\Fot s (i.e. insert a space
> between the t and the s) it just displays the placeholders for the right
> number of photos with little red X's in them.
>
>
> <%@ Page Language="VB" %>
> <%@ Import Namespace="System.IO" %>
> <%@ Import Namespace="System.Collections.Generic" %>
>
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
> <script runat="server">
>
>     ''' <summary>
>     ''' Bind photos to Repeater
>     ''' </summary>
>     Sub Page_Load()
>         If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
>             Repeater1.DataSource = GetPhotos()
>             Repeater1.DataBind()
>         End If
>     End Sub
>
>     ''' <summary>
>     ''' Get list of photos from Photo folder
>     ''' </summary>
>   Public Function GetPhotos() As List(Of String)
>     Dim photos As New List(Of String)()
>     Dim photoPath As String = "J:\Fot s\"
>     Dim files As String() = Directory.GetFiles(photoPath)
>     For Each photo As String In files
>       photos.Add(photoPath + Path.GetFileName(photo))
>     Next
>     Return photos
>   End Function
>
> </script>
> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
> <head id="Head1" runat="server">
>     <title>Show Photos</title>
> </head>
> <body>
>     <form id="form1" runat="server">
>     <div>
>
>     <asp:Repeater
>         id="Repeater1"
>         runat="server">
>         <ItemTemplate>
>             <asp:Image
>                 id="Image1"
>                 Width="200px"
>                 ImageUrl='<%# Container.DataItem %>'
>                 Runat="server" />
>         </ItemTemplate>
>     </asp:Repeater>
>
>     </div>
>     </form>
> </body>
> </html>
>
>
>
> ---
>
>
> On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 15:00:51 -0000, DesCF <de***@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> The following doesn't work:
>>
>> Dim photoPath As String = "R:\My Documents\My Pictures\MiscLL\"
>>
>> It doesn't work if I use double quotes either. It does work if I use a
>> different path without spaces in it. What is the simple solution ?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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>

18 Dec 2006 1:53 PM

Andrew Morton

DesCF wrote:

> Right, the code for the entire web page is below.

Ahhhh, web page... URLs... no unencoded spaces allowed.

> If I create a directory J:\Fots and stick some photos in it, it works
> just fine. If I change the directory name to J:\Fot s (i.e. insert a
> space between the t and the s) it just displays the placeholders for
> the right number of photos with little red X's in them.

If you want a space in a URL, change it to "%20" or "+" for the browser. See
the UrlEncode function. A better option would be to not use spaces. Look at
the generated URLs in the resultant web page and see what the browser is
trying to ask for and also remember to look in the web server's logfile to
see what was requested and why it could not be returned.

Does that make sense?

Andrew

18 Dec 2006 3:12 PM

DesCF

I have tried inserting %20 and + and I get back 'Could not find a part of
the path 'J:\Fot%20s'.' and 'Could not find a part of the path
'J:\Fot+s'.' respectively. I cannot find the UrlEncode function.

The URL Address of an empty picture placeholder is:
file:///J:/Fot%2520s/0001.jpg

I do not know where to find the web servers log file. I am using Visual
Web Developer and it creates a kind of pop-up web server on the fly.

On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:53:11 -0000, Andrew Morton
<a**@in-press.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

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> DesCF wrote:
>> Right, the code for the entire web page is below.
>
> Ahhhh, web page... URLs... no unencoded spaces allowed.
>
>> If I create a directory J:\Fots and stick some photos in it, it works
>> just fine. If I change the directory name to J:\Fot s (i.e. insert a
>> space between the t and the s) it just displays the placeholders for
>> the right number of photos with little red X's in them.
>
> If you want a space in a URL, change it to "%20" or "+" for the browser.
> See
> the UrlEncode function. A better option would be to not use spaces. Look
> at
> the generated URLs in the resultant web page and see what the browser is
> trying to ask for and also remember to look in the web server's logfile
> to
> see what was requested and why it could not be returned.
>
> Does that make sense?
>
> Andrew
>
>

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19 Dec 2006 11:04 AM

Andrew Morton

DesCF wrote:

> I have tried inserting %20 and + and I get back 'Could not find a
> part of the path 'J:\Fot%20s'.' and 'Could not find a part of the path
> 'J:\Fot+s'.' respectively.

Which program do those error messages come from?

> I cannot find the UrlEncode function.

Are you saying that VWD comes without searchable help?
System.Web.HttpServerUtility.UrlEncode

>
> The URL Address of an empty picture placeholder is:
> file:///J:/Fot%2520s/0001.jpg

Is that when looking at the source in a browser? Because %25 is the encoding
for "%", so it looks like the URL encoding might have been done for you
already.

> I do not know where to find the web servers log file. I am using
> Visual Web Developer and it creates a kind of pop-up web server on
> the fly.

I see from the info about VWD that "Visual Web Developer includes the
ability to create your Web applications using a Web server, FTP site, or
file share. File share-based Web sites are great for testing and don't
require you to have IIS installed on your computer, making them a great
solution on Windows XP Home Edition users." (source:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vwd/features/deploy/default.aspx ).

Apparently you have found a case where file share-based web sites are /not/
great for testing. Could you install IIS and use that, or are you on XP
Home?

Also, you could use FileMon
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/filemon.mspx) or
its successor ProcessMonitor
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/processesandthreads/processmonitor.mspx)
to see what file the browser is requesting.

Or maybe you could just use paths and filenames without spaces?

Andrew

17 Dec 2006 7:30 PM

Cor Ligthert [MVP]

Des

if it is your own map, than it is mostly

Environment.SpecialFolder.MyPictures

Cor

"DesCF" <de***@aol.com> schreef in bericht

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The following doesn't work:

Dim photoPath As String = "R:\My Documents\My Pictures\MiscLL\"

It doesn't work if I use double quotes either. It does work if I use a
different path without spaces in it. What is the simple solution ?

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