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URLDecodeEx – Decodes an encoded URL

URLDecodeEx – Decodes an encoded URL

' Decodes URL encoding applied to the specified Text and returns the resultPublic Function URLDecodeEx(ByVal Text As String) As String            Dim abytTokens() As Byte    Dim lngTotal As Long    Dim lngCount As Long    Dim astrReturn() As String    Dim strReturn As String    Dim strHex As String    Dim strDec As String        strReturn = Text        If Trim$(strReturn) <> "" Then        ' convert to an array        abytTokens = StrConv(Text, vbFromUnicode)                lngTotal = UBound(abytTokens)                ' dimension enough space for the return        ReDim astrReturn(lngTotal)                For lngCount = 0 To lngTotal            Select Case abytTokens(lngCount)                Case 43                    ' +                    astrReturn(lngCount) = " "                Case 37                    ' %                    If ((lngCount + 1) <= lngTotal) And ((lngCount + 2) <= _                        lngTotal) Then                        strHex = Chr$(abytTokens(lngCount + 1)) & Chr$ _                            (abytTokens(lngCount + 2))                        If strHex <> "" Then                            strDec = Chr$(Val("&H" & strHex))                            astrReturn(lngCount) = strDec                            lngCount = lngCount + 2                        End If                    End If                Case Else                    astrReturn(lngCount) = Chr$(abytTokens(lngCount))            End Select        Next ' lngCount        strReturn = Join(astrReturn, "")            Erase astrReturn    End If        ' join the return tokens together    URLDecodeEx = strReturn    End Function'###################################'#'# This tip has been brought to you by www.omnisolvonline.com,'# makers of a host of software development, energy and information '# management tools.'#'###################################

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