On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 8:30 AM, Tore Nilsen <tore.nil...@me.com> wrote:
> It did not work. URLEncode also encodes “/“ to %2 and spaces to + as you > can see: > > file://%2FUsers%2Ftorenilsen%2FDocuments%2FMultimedieLab%2FMusikk%2F01+My+My%2C+Hey+Hey+%28Out+of+the+Blue%29.m4p > This is a function I use to convert filenames into file urls. /** * \brief Converts a LiveCode filename to a file url. * * \param pFilename The filename to convert. * * Each item of the filename will be escaped and "file://" will be prefixed. * * \return File url. */ function fileConvertToFileURL pFilename local theItem, i set the itemDelimiter to "/" repeat with i = 1 to the number of items of pFilename put item i of pFilename into theItem if i is 1 AND theItem contains ":" then next repeat # skip C:/ put URLEncode(theItem) into theItem replace "+" with "%20" in theItem replace "*" with "%2A" in theItem put theItem into item i of pFilename end repeat # [case 1] Windows C:/ paths need to start with a "//" # [case 2] If path starts with "//" then it is a network path. Add # an extra "/" so that domain is considered localhost. if char 1 of pFilename is not "/" then put "/" before pFilename else if pFilename begins with "//" then delete char 1 to 2 of pFilename end if return "file://" & pFilename end fileConvertToFileURL -- Trevor DeVore ScreenSteps www.screensteps.com - www.clarify-it.com _______________________________________________ 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