UrlEncode(aText As String) As String

Encodes the components of a URL.

A valid URL is a series of components that are separated by component separators.

They are the ".", "/", ";", "&", and "?".

If we use url functions then we must pass in an encoded url as a parameter,

otherwise these functions might fail. Another function

Functions which require to UrlEncode parameters: PdfWebLink, ShowURL

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
aText	String	A string to be url encoded.

Returns:

Type	Value	Description
String	an url encoded string	Returns the url encoded version of the passed in string aText.

Available in:

WindowMain	WindowLink
YES	YES

Used in:

XojoScript Name	GUID
Create Seminar Invoice As PDF	2C3F7F29-A29A-4338-ACF5-51894B709DA5
Create Seminar Invoice With Slip As PDF	739DA58E-17EE-41CE-BB54-E7362CFE17D4

Hint: You can find references to XojoScripts which make use of this function by sending the following SQL statement to the database:

Select id,GUID, ScriptName,ScriptCode from im_scripts where ScriptCode Like '%UrlEncode%'

Example XojoScript:

Dim s As String

s = UrlEncode("www.Bob&Ray.com")

MsgBox(s) // shows www.Bob%26Ray.com