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GetAsURLEncoded

Returns text as URL (Uniform Resource Locator) encoding, for use as a URL.

Format

GetAsURLEncoded(text)

Parameters

text - any text expression or text field

Data type returned

text

Originated in

FileMaker Pro 8.5

Description

This function removes all styles from text. All characters are first converted to UTF-8 format. Characters that are neither letters nor digits, or digits that are in the upper ASCII range, are converted to %HH format (a percent sign followed by the character’s hexadecimal value).

See www.w3.org for more information on URL encoding:

Example 1

GetAsURLEncoded("Hello") returns Hello.

GetAsURLEncoded("San Francisco") returns San%20Francisco.

GetAsURLEncoded("français") returns fran%c3%a7ais.