DOCUMENT:Q286201 15-AUG-2002 [iis] TITLE :Directory Name Returned from Server.MapPath() Truncated PRODUCT :Internet Information Server PROD/VER::2000 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbCOMIS kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== If the codepage is set to 65001 (UTF-8) in an Active Server Pages (ASP) page, the physical directory name that is returned from the Server.MapPath method may be truncated if the name contains extended characters. CAUSE ===== Server.MapPath internally uses UTF-8 encoding, which is specified in the ASP page, to convert the physical directory name that it obtains from the metabase to a Unicode string. Because the physical directory name is in a system codepage instead of the UTF-8 codepage, the string is not properly converted. RESOLUTION ========== To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later: Date Time Version Size File name -------------------------------------------------------- 2/15/2001 07:33p 5.0.2195.3265 332,560 Asp.dll 2/15/2001 07:33p 5.0.2195.3243 13,584 Infoadmn.dll 2/15/2001 07:33p 5.0.2195.3243 245,520 Infocomm.dll 2/15/2001 07:33p 5.0.2195.3243 62,736 Isatq.dll 2/15/2001 07:33p 5.0.2195.2714 7,440 W3ctrs.dll STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3. MORE INFORMATION ================ For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes Additional query words: kbIISCom ====================================================================== Keywords : kbCOMIS kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix Technology : kbwin2000AdvServ kbwin2000AdvServSearch kbwin2000Serv kbwin2000ServSearch kbwin2000Search kbwin2000ProSearch kbwin2000Pro kbWinAdvServSearch Version : :2000 Hardware : ALPHA x86 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbfix ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2002.