Directory Name Returned from Server.MapPath Truncated if Name Contains Extended Characters (286201)

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.

For example, if a virtual directory named "myTest" is mapped to the physical directory "testå?", Server.MapPath("myTest") returns "test", not "testå?".

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:

260910 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

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:

265173 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:

296861 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: