Removing %20 and replace with space

[dertyfern]

I'm trying to replace "%20" with " " (that's a blank space) when I click on an imagebutton to post an article to twitter.

Problem is that when logging on to twitter to post the tweet, I can't get the .net (c#) code to replace "%20" with a blank space so as to separate words in a phrase.

I'm using the following code to replace:

string sm_title = Rdr.GetString(1).ToString().Replace("%20", " ");

Have tried:

string sm_title = Rdr.GetString(1).ToString().Replace("%20", " ");

and others.

I've also tried replacing at the imagebutton too...not working.

Thanks for any help.

[marcel]

I would have expected the string.Replace method to work, it works in a simple test I did here.

Another option is to decode the string:

string sm_title = Server.UrlDecode(Rdr.GetString(1).ToString());

[dertyfern]

I also find it strange that string.Replace doesn't work.

Tried

string sm_title = Server.UrlDecode(Rdr.GetString(1).ToString());

but that doesn't seem to do it either.

[StoutFiles]

string sm_title = Rdr.GetString(1).ToString().Replace("%20", " ");

So when you print out sm_title after this the %20 is still there? Just wondering if the function is working but the posting is putting the %20 back in.

[dertyfern]

StoutFiles, that's exactly right. I'm wondering the same about the posting. Perhaps changing the control to a hyperlink control would help?

[dertyfern]

Solved it. Twitter treats the plus sign as a space so I:

string sm_title = Rdr.GetString(1).ToString().Replace("%20", "+");

[dstiles]

Spaces in filenames have always caused problems, especially on the internet. I always replace them with either hyphen, underscore or word-capitalising. Saves endless messing about.