Thanks so much Dave -- that seems to work. I discovered I was also encoding a parameter along with the URL which was part of the problem, but your routine solved the character issue.
Thanks & Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design On 9/25/12 4:26 PM, "Dave Cragg" <dave.cr...@lacscentre.co.uk> wrote: > >On 25 Sep 2012, at 21:29, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > >> Hi List: >> >> Wondering if someone has a suggestion for URL character formatting in >>LCŠ >> >> I'm trying to format a URL string to submit to Google Maps. The string >>is a >> street address that needs to be delimited using "+". The complication >> arises when an address contains an accented character like ñ (n + >>tilde). >> If I change the ñ to a roman n, the address is processed, but I thought >>I >> could use something like urlEncode to handle problem characters. > >Hi Scott > >I think the + char is an encoded space. That's what LC outputs instead of >the %20 alternative. > >I'm guessing that strings with characaters such as ñ (n + tilde) need to >be in UTF8 format before using url encode. > >Example: > >Here's a slightly exotic version of a well-known address: > >25a Thistlé Street SW Lañe, Edinburgh > >If we put that into field 1, then run the following: > >put uniDecode(uniEncode(field 1), "UTF8") into tA >put urlencode(tA) > >it gives: 25a+Thistl%C3%A9+Street+SW+La%C3%B1e%2C+Edinburgh > >If we try this url in a browser: > >maps.google.com/maps?q=25a+Thistl%C3%A9+Street+SW+La%C3%B1e%2C+Edinburgh > >Apologies if any of the above gets rearranged in the mail. > >Dave >_______________________________________________ >use-livecode mailing list >use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >subscription preferences: >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
