XCLN: URLs With Spaces are Truncated by Exchange Client

 Last reviewed: March 12, 1997
Article ID: Q151248
4.00 WINDOWS kbusage

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 client, version 4.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Windows 3.x client, version 4.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Windows NT client, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you send a URL that points to a long filename, containing spaces, on the server, the resulting hotlink created by the Microsoft Exchange client is truncated.

CAUSE

The client looks for a space to determine the end of the URL. When it comes upon a space in the filename, it interprets this as the end of the filename.

RESOLUTION

Find the associated 8.3 name of the file and send that filename in the URL.

For example, when you try to send a hot link to a file called Contents Page.htm: 

   http://server/subdir/contents page.htm
use: 

   http://server/subdir/conten~1.htm

MORE INFORMATION

You can find the 8.3 filename on Windows 95 by using the dir command from a command prompt. On Windows NT, use the dir /x command.

KBCategory: kbusage
KBSubcategory: XCLN
Additional reference words: 4.00
Keywords : XCLN kbusage
Version : 4.00
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: March 12, 1997
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