🚀 go-pugleaf

Michele Santucci wrote:
> Hello NG,
> 
> How can I translate a File Path into an URL?
> I mean something like that:
>     C:\Program files\MyApp\Data\File.txt
> into:
>     file://C|:/Program files/My App/Data/File.txt
> 

This is not an internet problem but standard c++.
And mind the spaces in file names:

#include <string>
#include <functional>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>

class same : public std::unary_function<char, bool>
{
	char rc;
public:
	same(const char& c) : rc(c) { }
	bool operator() (const char& x) { return x == rc; }
};

int main()
{
	std::string s("C:\\Program Files\\My App\\Data\\File.txt");

	std::string::size_type n = s.find(" ");
	while(n != std::string::npos)
	{
		s.replace(n, 1, "%20");
		n = s.find(" ", n + 3);
	}

	std::replace_if(s.begin(), s.end(), same('\\'), '/');

	s = "file:///" + s;

	std::cout << s << std::endl;
}

"Michele Santucci" <michele.santucci@celinavio.it> wrote in message
news:42b0320e$1@newsgroups.borland.com...

> How can I translate a File Path into an URL?

Look at StringReplace(), ie:

    AnsiString Path = "C:\\Program Files\\MyApp\\Data\\File.txt";
    TReplaceFlags flags = TReplaceFlags() << rfReplaceAll;

    AnsiString Temp = StringReplace(Path.SubString(4, MaxInt), "\\", "/",
flags);
    Temp = StringReplace(Temp, " ", "%20", flags);
    // other conversions as needed..

    AnsiString URL;
    URL.sprintf("file://%c|/%s", Path[1], Temp.c_str());

With that said, why do you need to translate it?  HTTP browsers already
recognize normal file paths.


Gambit