File / Folder Name - Illegal Character In Path
Feb 25, 2009
I have a problem with the following snippet: (working on Visual Studio 2008, Net-Framwork 3.5, all Service-packs) Vb.Net.
My.Computer.FileSystem.RenameFile(cc + TmpName + cc, cc + OnlyName + cc)
Cc equals to Chr(34)
or also
My.Computer.FileSystem.RenameFile(TmpName,OnlyName )
The Problem occurs if in one of the Strings the Character ";" is embedded. Don't ask me why this Char is in the Filename - it is. An "Illegal Character in Path" exception occurs.
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Jul 16, 2011
i get this error "Illegal character in path" when checking for a folder to see if it exists.
the folder is D:PlanificatorPlanificatorPlanificatorServerinDebugData1 and it exists.
Function IDExists(ByVal User As String)
User = User.Trim
Scrie("Se verifica existenta ID-ului " & User)
[code]....
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Mar 9, 2011
What characters are illegal to use in a file path name? I tried to save a text file using a filename that had only a dash in it. I got an error that said Illegal characters in the path name. This happened when I saved it using the UTF8 and Unicode encoding methods. Also, which is better to use -- UTF8 or Unicode? Which encoding is used in Microsoft Word files?
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Jan 5, 2012
When I use the code Dim di As New IO.DirectoryInfo("C:")it works fine, but when i use a string variable named "infos" i.e.Dim di As New IO. DirectoryInfo(infos)which takes an input from user, it gives me an ArguementException "Illegal Characters in Path".I tried replacing the variable, checked its value in the msgbox which is fine, but the double quote is added directly when it executes the IO.DirectoryInfo line and throws an exception. (Check the attachment)I have also tried infos.Replace("""",String.Empty) to remove the possible double quote, but it still holds that double quote.And when I use the same variable "infos" with substring to get the Drive, it works fine
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Dec 24, 2010
I am doing some url redirections in a project that I am currently working on. I am new to web development and was wondering what the best practise was to remove any illegal path characters, such as ' ? etc.I'm hoping I don't have to resort to manually replacing each character with their encoded urls.
I have tried UrlEncode and HTMLEncode, but UrlEncode doesn't cater for the ? and HTMLEncode doesn't cater for '
E.G. If I was to use the following:
Dim name As String = "Dave's gone, why?"
Dim url As String = String.Format("~/books/{0}/{1}/default.aspx", bookID, name)
Response.Redirect(url)
I've tried wrapping url like this:
Dim encodedUrl As String = Server.UrlEncode(url)
And
Dim encodedUrl As String = Server.HTMLEncode(url)
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Jan 2, 2010
I have a program that allows a user to type java code into a rich text box and then compile it using the java compiler. Whenever I try to compile the code that I have written I get an error that says that I have an illegal character at the beginning of my code that is not there. This is the error the compiler is giving me:
C:UsersTravis Michael>"Program FilesJavajdk1.6.0_17injavac" Test.java
Test.java:1: illegal character: 187
public class Test
[code].....
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Mar 8, 2010
I have this code to copy directories[code]...
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May 22, 2008
I have a CD that have some folders with illegal names like : <<setup>>, null ,etcThese folders contact some files that run properly. I want to run or copy them but I can`t.I use System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(Path) and also FileCopy but it return an error :Illegal characters in path. Is it possible to copy these files from these kinds of folders ?
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Nov 17, 2009
I'm getting this error while using stream writer...I've double checked the strings, path and file name it's all look fine.. any idea when this error is usually rise ?here is the problematic code
[code]...
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Jul 21, 2009
I'm getting this error while using stream writer...I've double checked the strings, path and file name it's all look fine.. any idea when this error is usually rise ?
Dim objReader As StreamWriter
objReader = New StreamWriter(filesPath & "BINMEALS.DAT")
objReader = New StreamWriter(PadString("0", reader.Item(0).ToString(), 4) & _
[code].....
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Mar 19, 2010
i have a list box or directory paths, the program basically copies the directory to a selected destination and moves down the list to the next path and copies that path. I'm having a few problems with this, but mainly this one where the application errors out and stops completely with this error:
"Illegal characters in Path."I would really like to address this and get it resolved, or is there anyway it can report this, but move on to the next path in the ListBox?
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Jun 12, 2010
I am using the following code to get search results from The Movie Database.org using their api.
Dim xmltempdir As String = My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.MyDocuments.ToString & "cwbrowser emp"
Dim stylesheetlocation As String = xmltempdir & "searchresults.xslt"
Dim request As HttpWebRequest
Dim response As HttpWebResponse = Nothing
Dim reader As StreamReader
Dim result As String = vbNullString
[Code] .....
The line which is coloured red is the problem line. 'htmpath is shown as "C:UsersColinDocumentscwbrowser empsres.htm" which is correct.
Why I get the Illegal Characters In Path error.
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Jul 17, 2010
I can copy about 15 files, and then it says "Illegal characters in path".However, I can't see any ilelgal characters.To top path is the destination, the bottom path is the source.
This is the code
Dim split() As String = arr(intTeller).Split("")
Dim name1 As String
[code].....
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Nov 18, 2011
I'm creating what should be a simple copy and paste type of program. Basically you put text in the textboxes and click the copy button to copy it to the clipboard. I have a text file attached to format the text when it is copied. With that in mind, when I run the program(debug), i can successfully use it once. But, after clicking the "reset" button to clear all of the text boxes for another use, I fill in the information as normal, I click the copy button and i get this popup titled "ArgumentException was unhandled" followed by the error "Illegal characters in path".
Here is the code >
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim ReadText1 As New System.IO.StreamReader(vartextfile1)
vartextfile1 = ReadText1.ReadToEnd
[Code] .....
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Jan 28, 2009
I have a program where I copy strings from one file to another. I then create folders based on the strings. It works great 99% of the time. Once in a while I get this error:
Illegal Characters in Path
Here's the line of code where it happens:
If Dir$(txtSaveLocation.Text & "" & name1 & "" & name2, vbDirectory) = "" Then
It is just checking to see if the folder exists yet or not.
When I move my mouse over the variable "name2" the value shows up as
"test name 2
That's right, no closing quotation marks. How is this possible? If I manually add the quotation marks while in debug mode and restart execution the code works fine.
I do have a function to strip out illegal characters first too:
For loopCTR = 0 To strip.Length - 1 'strip characters out
name2= name2.Replace(strip.Substring(loopCTR, 1), "_")
Next
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Oct 2, 2009
I have an xml string which I am attempting to create an xmlDocument from but I keep getting the exception "Illegal characters in path".
This is the string :
HTML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<scanResponse>
<Authentication>Authentication1</Authentication>
</scanResponse>
What illegal characters and where?
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May 16, 2011
I'm having trouble using the webclient to download a file. This same code works in another app that I'm using, but when downloading the second file, I get an exception saying that there are illegal characters in the path.The second item that it is having troubledownloading's filename is "Filename.exe.manifest". The RemoteUri is the download link, item is the name of the file. When I print out the path that it is downloading from and the path that it is downloading to, both are correct. I can type the address in the browser and it downloads fine. (The problem file is not exename)
For Each item As String In files
If item = exename Then
If My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists(Forms.Application.StartupPath & "" & item & ".new")
[code]....
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May 9, 2011
I am getting below error, when passing the path which has space between the folder name.
"System.ArgumentException: Illegal characters in path"
I have declared the the path in the variable like below:
Dim sFilename As String = "C:\Test\Windows Service\Schedule.xml"
or I have tried like this as well but same error I am getting.
Dim sSFilename As String = """C:\Test\Windows Service\Schedule.xml"""
and passing this file name to the below code:
Dim docDataSet As New DataSet
Dim docReader As New XmlDocument
Dim xnl As XmlNodeList
[code]....
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Jun 19, 2012
I have a directory with multiple sub directories that contain .doc files. Example:
[Code]...
In my code below, I am trying to display in a list box all of the files that end with extension '.doc' that are in sub directories of C:Users medinaDocuments estenviromentReleased So for example, I have
[Code]...
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Apr 28, 2011
I'm trying to setup a simple app that reads a file and then writes the contents to another file using OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog. Looking at the debbugger it looks like it's reading fine, I can see the data I want written. Towards the end of my code I get the following error message:"Illegal characters in path". I've researched this error. I'm not using any illegal characters such as /\? etc and the pathname contains all alpha characters. I'm pulling the test file from the C drive and trying to save it there as well.
Path: C:\Test.csv
My code:
Private Sub btnAppendData_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnAppendData.Click
Dim Result As DialogResult
Dim FileContents As String
[Code] .....
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Oct 27, 2009
am trying to read a text file embedded as resource ,i want to be able to get each line as a string() but getting error Illegal characters in path ,whys this? its only a text file
code:
Private Sub readscr()
Dim line As String
[code].....
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Mar 17, 2009
When I use the
frmRegister.Show()
I get this error when it attempts to show the form:
An error occurred creating the form. See Exception.InnerException for details. The error is: Illegal characters in path. How can I get rid of this error? I only want to show a form...
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Oct 17, 2008
I like to search trough some folders to find files. My code to search trough folders and sub folders are:
Code:
For Each Dir As String In FileIO.FileSystem.GetDirectories(My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath, FileIO.SearchOption.SearchAllSubDirectories)
Next
How can I get the path of each folder and subfolder with this code??
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Jun 8, 2011
I have a windows service on a server which accesses a folder and database which is on different server. i was told to create an .ini file and add the settings here. so i have to add the path to the folder and database in .ini file, correct?
is there anything else which i should add in .ini file? is it compulsory to give the [section] in the .ini file? How can i access this .ini file from my vb.net program? can i store this .ini file anywhere on the machine or it should be stored in a particular folder?
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Jun 4, 2010
How would I retrive the folder name a file is in? In this example I just want the highlighted folder name: C:Program FilesFolderNameIWantApplication.exe I can get the path excluding the file using various methods such as:
[Code]...
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Dec 4, 2009
I have ListView box with a file path for example
C: est.txt
So how can i open the C: So i just want to open the folder were the file is located and not the file its self.
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Jul 8, 2011
I want to create a browse button in with a textbox when ever user clicks the button it will show all the drives, folders and files on the system and when user clicks the file/folder or anything the textbox should display the complete path e.g. C:My DocumentsMyPhotos .
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Oct 26, 2011
Save file attachment to folder on search then writing its path to DB? I would like to save the file attachment to a folder on the website.
My code that creates the attachment to email is like this[code]...
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Nov 30, 2009
With a function being passed a full path to a file, such as C:someFolderanotherFoldersomeXML.xml, determine whether the folder exists. Is there a smarter/better/more elegant way of doing this? Here is my implementation:
[code].....
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Dec 30, 2009
On one of my projects, when I try to run it, I get a "Invalid command line switch for "AL.exe". Illegal characters in path." error. I have installed the "Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5," and this error is after installing it.
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