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Cfmailparam Attachment Filename With Plus Sign
Hello,
I am using Cfmailparam to add a file attachment and it is giving me an HTTP 500 Internal Server Error.
I have narrowed the problem down to the filename of the attachment. My filename is C:\fileA+B.pdf and more specifically my cfmailparam code is as follows:
<cfmailparam file="C:\fileA+B.pdf" disposition="attachment">
The plus sign causes the error. Can someone please tell me how I can evaluate the filename so cfmailparam will allow it to attach? Thanks.
I am using Cfmailparam to add a file attachment and it is giving me an HTTP 500 Internal Server Error.
I have narrowed the problem down to the filename of the attachment. My filename is C:\fileA+B.pdf and more specifically my cfmailparam code is as follows:
<cfmailparam file="C:\fileA+B.pdf" disposition="attachment">
The plus sign causes the error. Can someone please tell me how I can evaluate the filename so cfmailparam will allow it to attach? Thanks.
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Yes, tried that and it did not work. Also tried surrounding the full path with quotes.
It doesn't look like cfmailparam allows filenames with "non-standard" characters. Thing is though that saving with cffile works fine with the same name. I could see if it was consistent across all tags, but it only seems to be related to cfmailparam.
Any other suggestions? Thanks.
It doesn't look like cfmailparam allows filenames with "non-standard" characters. Thing is though that saving with cffile works fine with the same name. I could see if it was consistent across all tags, but it only seems to be related to cfmailparam.
Any other suggestions? Thanks.
what version of CF are you using?
ASKER
The version is MX7.
i cant find anything that says it shouldn't work, or that special char are not allowed, do you get the problem with other non-alphanumerics (!) for example?
ASKER
No, it does not work with other non-alphanumeric characters either. I tried apostrophe (!) and it did not allow it.
ASKER
Does anyone have an answer for this? Is it a bug with cfmailparam or is there a way to escape the special characters? Cffile works fine with non-alphanumeric characters. Thanks.
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not really what your looking for but might be helpful
http://www.snugserver.com/kbase/question.php?qstId=171
email standards
http://www.rfc.net/rfc2822.html
http://rfc.net/rfc2046.html
http://www.rfc.net/rfc2045.html
but again i haven't found anything that explicitly forbids it
http://www.snugserver.com/kbase/question.php?qstId=171
email standards
http://www.rfc.net/rfc2822.html
http://rfc.net/rfc2046.html
http://www.rfc.net/rfc2045.html
but again i haven't found anything that explicitly forbids it
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eg:
and then
untested, just thinking out loud, you might just want to do it on the name and not the extension that way the . (period/dot) doesn't get encoded, in the above is did not include C:\ in the urlencoding