Thanks, baz. You rok. Baz wrote: > > > > > Well here she be: http://thinkloop.com/filez/almostalphanumeric.zip > > > > Cheers, > > Baz > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 9:09 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: 'safe' filename UDF > > > > That is exactly what I'm looking for. > > > > Baz wrote: > > >>I have a UDF that removes any chars besides letters, numbers, underscore > > and > > >>any additional good chars you specify to keep. > > > >>USAGE > > >>AlmostAlphaNumeric(FileName); // returns all letters, numbers and > > underscore > > >>AlmostAlphaNumeric(FileName,'@()'); // returns the same plus these > > chars:@() > > > >>Is that something u are looking for? > > > >>Baz > > > >>-----Original Message----- > > >>From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>Sent: January 5, 2006 11:34 AM > > >>To: CF-Talk > > >>Subject: Re: 'safe' filename UDF > > > >>Actually, that *is* what I do, too. But, this app was written long ago, > > >>by someone else, and has been running this way for a while. Somehow, an > > >>issue never came up until someone uploaded an image file named Lot > > >>#31.jpg, which caused an error when displaying a popup image window. > > >>Changing the way the whole thing works at this point just isn't going to > > >>fly. Wish I knew how to write RegExp's, prolly wouldn't be that hard to > > >>do, if I don't hear anything here today, I'll prolly just figure out how > > >>to do it myself. It's about time I learned how to use RegExp's anyways. > > > >>Thanks > > > >>Ray > > > >>Bobby Hartsfield wrote: > > > >>>I don't, but what I usually do is save the original file name as is just > > > >>for > > > >>>display purposes so the person who uploaded it can spot it easily. Then > > >>>rename the file according to some other things... like and ID in the > > >>>database, a category, etc... > > > >>>So a link to a file might look like... > > > >>><a href="0001.pdf">Old File Name.pdf</a> > > > >>>Just an idea... > > > >>>..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. > > >>>Bobby Hartsfield > > >>>http://acoderslife.com > > > > > >>>-----Original Message----- > > >>>From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>>Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:02 AM > > >>>To: CF-Talk > > >>>Subject: 'safe' filename UDF > > > >>>Anyone have a good UDF to replace "bad" characters in a filename with > > >>>"safe" ones? ie, replace # signs with blanks, spaces with '_', commas, > > >>>periods, etc? I just looked on cflib and found nothing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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