WebRequest changes special symbols

[ramCC]

Hi all !

I found out that the call to:

WebRequest::Create(URL) ,

change the special symbols in URL (such as ^ and $) to their hexa equivalent (like %5E etc.) .

 

Do you know of a way to stop that (sometimes) unwanted behaviour ?

 

I'm connecting to a purely written web server that does not decode the %5E form back to ^ .... so i have to find a way to send it as is !

 

b.t.w when i paste the url on IE it works fine . (maybe it does not encode the URL ? )

 

thanks for all helpers ! and also for those who wanna help but dont know how :)

[ramCC]

Hello !!!

anybody home ?

[PlausiblyDamp]

Could you give a full example of a typical URL you would be using?

[ramCC]

sure !

 

http://server11/index.asp?FunctionName=miko^hagever&from_date=06/01/04

 

Thanks.

[PlausiblyDamp]

You could try the following

Uri uri = new Uri("http://server11/index.asp?FunctionName=miko^hagever&from_date=06/01/04",true);
System.Net.WebRequest wr = System.Net.WebRequest.Create(uri);

although it should only escape invalid characters though...

[ramCC]

Thanks alot !

 

I will try that as soon as i can !

[ramCC]

PlausiblyDamp, appreciate your help !

It worked just fine for me !

Thanks,

Ram.