BUG Found in HTTPWebRequest! -- %2F in Url is always changed back to "/"

[bs9999]

I am trying to connect ot a website page that actually uses %2F ("/") as part of its webpage html (not a relative path)...

its url is:

http://thewebsite.com/thepage%2fishere.htm

thepage%2fishere.htm is the actual website html page HOWEVER when C# sees the %2F escape code (regardless if you tell webrequest to ignore converting any escape code) it goes ahead and coverts the %2f back to a "/" before making the request. n This makes the page unreachable. Does anyone know how to tell HttpWebRequest to stop coverting the already escaped code?

I've tried WebRequest.Create(new Uri(strUrl,true)); and it still doesnt work

[a358]

That is what happens when web designers use a bad file name. You should never use a file name like that on the Internet.

Probably, you will have to use a RegEx or something to strip out the characters and replace them with the slash.

I would recommend using a valid file name in the first place. Technically it IS valid, but its a poor design to use something like that. Webpages need to have better names, and they should have a more userfriendly name. With all the different software, browers, operating systems, etc... in the world there is no telling how they will interprit that file name.