Decode and display an url encoded input parameter

Karel Jutte

Question

We built a new Outsystems app that is being called from another webpage with url encoded input parameters.
I want to display the content of the parameters on screen, but the value should be unescaped first and I don't know how to do it.

When calling the application we use a hidden form to pass a CustomerName (from a non Outsystems application)
.
Suppose the customer is called "John Doe (the first)", then the value from I see in the parameter is "John+Doe+%28the+first%29"

And I want the Outsystems webpage to read "Welcome John Doe (the first)" and not "Welcome John+Doe+%28the+first%29"

Does anyone know how to overcome this?

04 May 2012

João Rosado

Staff

Hi Karel,

Easiest way is to create a extension with a method that calls HttpUtility.UrlDecode(string)

Anyway, if you are reading that value in a InputParameter of a OutSystems screen, then It should have been already decoded automatically.
Make sure you are not encoding 2 times the string (so that it's getting to the InputParameter double encoded).

Regards,
João Rosado

04 May 2012

Kees Buren

Hi Joao,
Can you tell me where I can find the HttpUtility.URLDecode?
Regards Kees

09 May 2012

Ruben Goncalves

Hi,

Just added this functionality to this component!

Cheers,

RG

08 Oct 2013

Loki

Hi, getting this error while publish this extension..

"Invalid Extension Implementation - Unable to find the assembly file 'outsystems.noshtmlutils.jar' in the extension."

Running Platform 8.0.0.8

09 Oct 2013

Ruben Goncalves

Hi Lokendar,

Are you trying to publish the extension in a Java infrastructure?

Cheers,

RG

09 Oct 2013

Loki

Yes.. i do...

09 Oct 2013

Ruben Goncalves

Unfortunately, I have not yet created the Java version for that component...

09 Oct 2013

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