Hi there,

Try escape (strMessage). I guess this does what you need.
To reverse the process, I think there is an unescape (strMessage) as well.

Imar


At 11:29 6/23/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>I have a client side JavaScript string which I want to URL Encode, to
>include it as part of a URL address.
>
>The string may contain spaces and a number of other non-URL friendly
>characters (e.g. '\').
>
>I know there is an ASP function to do this, Server.URLEncode(string).
>However how do you do this in client side JavaScript, e.g. :
>
> // message to be encoded
> msg = "Some Example Message which might state e.g. a path (e.g.
>'c:\new path')"
> // Call new page to display the message
> newURL = "/arm/LogClientMsg.asp?msg="
> // presumably a function exists to encode it, e.g.:
> newURL += msg.encodeToURL()
> // then go to new page with this string
> location.href = newURL
>
>P.S. I know that I could submit a form , however that is not ideal in 
this
>situation. Surely I don't need to use 'replace()' for every special
>character?!
>
>Darren Wogan
>