http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?code/internet/urlescape.htm http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/topics/urlencoding.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding Syed Zeeshan Haider wrote: > Hello, > > I have a simple question as I am trying to mess around with the behaviours > of web browsers and trying to incorporate some of them into my own browsing > software. > > How does a web browser encode web addresses? > > Many special characters like space character, "%", "&" etc. are encoded by > web browsers in to the characters which are not illegal for web addresses > e.g. space character to "%20". What is the general rule used by web browsers > for this encoding? I am trying to write a little procedure in VB6 which > could identify illegal characters and encode them into web browser > compatible characters and the other way around. > > Thanks, > -- > Syed Zeeshan Haider > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Learn about famous muslim names at http://szh.20m.com/learn/aboutnames.html >