Problems May Occur When Attaching a File That Has a File Name with Localized and Punctuation Characters from a SharePoint Portal Server (818860)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Content Management Server 2002
- Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001 SP2
SYMPTOMSWhen you try to attach a document that contains certain
localized characters and punctuation characters in the file name, you may
receive the following error message: Document cannot
be copied. This behavior occurs when you use Microsoft Content
Integration Pack 2 for Content Management Server 2002 and SharePoint Portal
Server 2001. CAUSEThe cause of this problem is the URL of the document. On the
SharePoint Portal Server, the URL of the document is encoded. When the URL of
the document is passed to the internal components, an exception is
thrown.RESOLUTIONThe file name must be changed so there are no problematic
localized and punctuation characters. After you change the file name, you can
attach the document.STATUSThis behavior is by design. There is a standard way of
encoding URLs by using the URLEncode method. However, there is no current standard for
decoding.MORE INFORMATIONWhen you try to attach a document to a Content Management
Server posting, the SharePoint Portal Server Browser dialog
box creates a URL that contains a query string. The query string contains
information about the document. The attachment process does not succeed if the
file name of the document that you try to upload contains any localized and
punctuation characters other than a space. The problem occurs when the file
name is encoded by the Server.URLEncode function to the %HH text-based representation of its UTF-8
value.
For example, the German character ö in the file name causes the
problem.
The problem occurs because Content Integration Pack 2 for
Content Management Server 2002 and SharePoint Portal Server 2001 both use the URLEncode function to encode the URL of the file that you select for
attachment. A string that contains the encoded URL is then passed to an ASP
page. The query parameter of the URL is then passed to one of the internal COM
components. Because the COM component tries to open this URL without first
decoding the URL, an exception is thrown. The result is the error described
earlier in this article.
This has been tested with Japanese and
German characters with the same resulting behavior.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 4/28/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbprb KB818860 kbAudDeveloper |
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