problem in reading server side string from client

[Guest]

i have an aspx page in the code behind i have
in aspx.cs
public string sPath = "C:\\Public\\User\\Other";

is aspx when I tried to get the string the slahes is gone i tried to alert
the string it gave me CublicUserOther , why?

<script language=javascript>
function CreateFolder()
{
var Path = '<%= sPath %>'l
alert('<%= sPath %>');
}
</script>

any help?

 

[Karl Seguin]

Raed:
Javascript, like C#, uses \ to escape values. So when you do
c:\\something\\else in c#, the string value is actually c:\something\else.
However, javascript also needs slashes escapes.

Two solutions is to change your string to:

"c:\\\\public\\\\user\\\\other";

or to escape it via:

@"c:\\public\\user\\other";

You should probably create a utility function which takes a string and
prepares it for javascript, namely escaping slashes as well as single
quotes.

Hope this helps
Karl

 

[Guest]

Thank u worked perfectly

Raed:
Javascript, like C#, uses \ to escape values. So when you do
c:\\something\\else in c#, the string value is actually c:\something\else.
However, javascript also needs slashes escapes.

Two solutions is to change your string to:

"c:\\\\public\\\\user\\\\other";

or to escape it via:

@"c:\\public\\user\\other";

You should probably create a utility function which takes a string and
prepares it for javascript, namely escaping slashes as well as single
quotes.

Hope this helps
Karl