Article: Q288116
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): 5,5.5
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbdta
Last Modified: 20-JUL-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
- Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5, 5.5 for Windows NT 4.0
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For a Microsoft FrontPage 2002 version of this article, see Q289624.
SYMPTOMS
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When you try to browse a folder whose name contains a percent sign, you may
receive an error message similar to the following:
HTTP/1.1 404 Object Not Found
CAUSE
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A percent sign defines an "escape sequence" in a Web address, as described in
section "2.4. Escape Sequences," in the Request for Comment (RFC) article number
2396.
MORE INFORMATION
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Escape sequences are used in a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to allow
characters that may appear in a folder or file name, but are not allowed in a
URL. The syntax for an escape sequence is defined as a percent sign, followed by
two hexadecimal digits, (for example, %A1, %2B, and so on).
When you name a folder to have a percent sign, if the characters following the
percent sign are valid hexadecimal characters, the folder name may not be
resolved correctly, for example:
- A folder named 100%DAD may not work, because the two characters following the
percent sign are valid hexadecimal characters. In this case, the "%DA"
sequence may be misinterpreted as character 218, which, depending on the
character set that is being used, may be a "Latin Capital U with Acute." This
results in a Web request for a folder name that may not physically exist on
the server.
- A folder named 100%MOM may work, because the two characters following the
percent sign are not valid hexadecimal characters.
Additional References
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For more information about this topic, please see the following Web sites:
RFC 2396 (ftp://nis.nsf.net/internet/documents/rfc/rfc2396.txt)<A0>Uniform
Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax
RFC 2396 (ftp://nis.nsf.net/internet/documents/rfc/rfc2616.txt)<A0>Hypertext
Transfer Protocol - HTTP/1.1
Q284278 FP2000: Cannot Open a Subweb with an Ampersand Character in the Name
Additional query words: front page
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Keywords : kbdta
Technology : kbIEsearch kbFrontPageSearch kbZNotKeyword4 kbZNotKeyword2 kbFrontPage98Search kbIENT400Search kbIE500Search kbZNotKeyword3 kbIE500WinNT400 kbIE550WinNT400 kbIE550Search
Version : :5,5.5
Issue type : kbprb
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