Could it be possible that this file is not encoded in utf-8 and that you
read it as if it was in utf-8  (imagine a question mark I can t type it :)

Richard


On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 3:45 AM, Annet <[email protected]> wrote:

> In my application I include the name of an organization in a .ics file
> name. Sometimes the name includes
> characters that render an invalid file name, is there a way to prevent
> this form happening.
>
> This is the code in the controller:
>
>  def downloadVevent():
>     name=None
>     nodeID=int(request.args(0))
>     response.view='download/vEvent.ics'
>     node=retrieve_node(db, nodeID)
>     if node:
>         name=node.name
>     else:
>         redirect(URL('addressbook', 'router'))
>     row=db(db.eventList.id==int(request.args(1))).select().first()
>     vevent=response.render(name=name, row=row)
>     return vevent.replace('\n\n', '\n')
>
>
> This is the code for the file name:
>
> {{response.headers['Content-Disposition'] =
> 'attachment;filename=event_%s_%s.ics' % (IS_SLUG()(name)[0],
> row.startDate.strftime("%d-%m-%Y"))}}
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Annet
>
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