urlEncode() and ASCII extended characters

[Collection PhotoGraphex]

Hello, 

I wonder, if urlEncode() isn't supposed to encode only SPACE character? 

As an example for my question, suppose I am having a valid local network POSIX file path with extended ASCII characters as follow :

put "/Volumes/Catalogues/Numéros/Série CO Cata/CO0501/CO 531 10A c011 6x~.jpg" into TheURL

As a preamble, I should add that all the files I wish to treat are also accessible from the internet. 

The previous valid POSIX file path for instance, after the prefix replacement for HTTP would look like it:

put "catalogue.photographex.com/Numéros/Série CO Cata/CO0501/CO 531 10A c011 6x~.jpg" into TheURL

To get a valid URL, I would use urlEncode(TheURL) for conversion with a script that may looks like it:

put "http://" & urlEncode("catalogue.photographex.com/Numéros/Série CO Cata/CO0501/CO 531 10A c011 6x~.jpg") into TheURL

The returned result is: 

“http://catalogue.photographex.com/Numcatalogue.photographex.com/Num√©ros/Scatalogue.photographex.com/Num√©ros/S√©rie%20CO%20Cata/CO0501/CO%20531%2010A%20c011%206x~.jpg”

Which is obviously an incorrect conversion, as the right conversion may looks like this:

“http://catalogue.photographex.com/Numéros/Série%20CO%20Cata/CO0501/CO%20531%2010A%20c011%206x~.jpg”

What would be the right way to get a valid conversion with s file path with extended ASCII characters?

Thanks for your help and suggestions!

Regards

André

[codegreen]

Actually I think the fully encoded URL should look like this:

http://catalogue.photographex.com/Num%C3%A9ros/S%C3%A9rie%20CO%20Cata/CO0501/CO%20531%2010A%20c011%206x~.jpg

[codegreen]

The reason you're getting that gibberish instead is apparently a bug in Apple's Core Foundation framework (the low-level call that creates a CFURL from a raw string of bytes doesn't seem to like at least some high-order MacRoman characters, even if you correctly tell it what encoding they're expressed in). The CFURL it produces looks normal in the debugger, but when explicitly converted to a CFString for output it yields garbage.

I'll send you a fix to confirm it works at your end too...

Thanks,

-Mark 

[Collection PhotoGraphex]

Hello Mark, 

Actually I think the fully encoded URL should look like this:

http://catalogue.photographex.com/Num%C3%A9ros/S%C3%A9rie%20CO%20Cata/CO0501/CO%20531%2010A%20c011%206x~.jpg

Yes! It is actually the right way for the full encoding!

I am going to perform further testings on your proposed fix! 

Thank you! 

André

[Edward Wall]

Is there any way to script the Finder so as to have applescript open a SuperCard project using SuperCard Player? For example.

tell application “Finder” to open (supercard script) using “SuperCard 4.8 Player”

doesn’t seem to work.

Ed Wall

[Edward Wall]

Answered my own question. With the Standalone maker, I can make a project that SuperCard Player opens:

tell application “Finder” to open (supercard .sp45 built with Standalone maker)

Ed

"In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” - Abraham Lincoln

[Collection PhotoGraphex]

Hello Mark, 

 

I'll send you a fix to confirm it works at your end too...

According to all the examples I've tried so far, it just works very, very well!

I suppose, this fix will be part of the next release? 

Or is there a way to import this new function into an actual SuperCard application?

Regards

André