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    #16
    Re: Here is an Example, Google Maps, Images, GridLinker, Download

    As I'm now fixing stuff the login is now off again.
    Cheers..
    Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
    Albert Einstein, (attributed)
    US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)

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      #17
      And for the dutch...

      I use the map feature in a dutch database. It is accessable without loggin in. Just give it a try.

      http://hofsvr07.hofstee.nl/nvst/webf...Ledenlijst.a5w

      Take a look at the code in the browser. It contains the dutch coding:
      Code:
      http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&hl=nl&q=Costa%20Ricastraat%2061,2408%20MJ,Alphen%20a/d%20Rijn,NL
      or:
      url: http://maps.google.nl/maps?
      language: f=q&hl=nl&q=
      address: Costa%20Ricastraat%2061,
      zip: 2408%20MJ,
      Town: Alphen%20a/d%20Rijn,
      Country: NL

      url, language and country are <hard quoted>, the other data are fields.
      Ren�
      Windows 7, V11

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        #18
        Re: Here is an Example, Google Maps, Images, GridLinker, Download

        Works, well - well done. My clients think it's great.
        Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
        Albert Einstein, (attributed)
        US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)

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          #19
          Re: Here is an Example, Google Maps, Images, GridLinker, Download

          Hi Peter,

          Can you make that example available again. The login name and password is no longer valid. Thanks.

          Gordon MacCarthy
          Sarasota, FL

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            #20
            Re: Here is an Example, Google Maps, Images, GridLinker, Download

            Originally posted by GordonMac View Post
            Hi Peter,

            Can you make that example available again. The login name and password is no longer valid. Thanks.

            Gordon MacCarthy
            Sarasota, FL
            I am very interested in seeing this as well :-D

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              #21
              Re: Here is an Example, Google Maps, Images, GridLinker, Download

              I'm attempting to create a link using the calculated area of grid component. This would be similar to Pete's above except I want to use Mapquest.

              I copied the http line from Mapquest's site...
              http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp...St&city=Denver &state=CO&zipcode=80202&country=US&cid=lfmaplink

              Used the example from the help...
              urlencode("http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp?address1=3350 e marconi ave") + "&" urlencode("address2=Apt 2") + "&" + urlencode("city=Phoenix") + "&" + urlencode("state=Arizona")

              but can't get it to work.

              This is what I currently have in the grid's calculated area
              Mapquest = urlencode("http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=Site_address") + "&" urlencode("city=Site_city") + "&" + urlencode("state=Site_state") + "&" + urlencode("Zip=Site_zip")

              I get the "extra characters at end of expression" warning. I've also tried many different variations but cant find a solution. The fields: Site_Address, Site_City, Site_state, & Site_zip are not being filled with any current values from the grid.

              I can get a link to Mapquest to work using a current field within the grid and making it into a link but I hope to use the calculated method instead.

              I'm sure it is just my syntax.

              Any help much appreciated.
              Eric

              Alpha Five Websites
              longlivepuppies.com
              socialservicenetwork.com
              -------------------------------------------------
              socialservicenetwork.org

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                #22
                Re: Here is an Example, Google Maps, Images, GridLinker, Download

                You are urlencode()ing too much. That function encodes all characters that have a special meaning in a URL so they can be sent as strings safely. By encoding as much as you are, you are breaking the URL. You should just encode the values that come out of your database, since you can't guarantee that they will not have any of the characters that have special meaning in a URL*.

                Basically, what you want is this:

                Code:
                "http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=" + urlencode(Site_addres") + "&city=" + urlencode("Site_city") + "&state=" + urlencode("Site_state") + "&Zip=" + urlencode("Site_zip")
                * If you can somehow guarantee this through input validation, you can go without urlencode() for anything. But it is still safer to use it.

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                  #23
                  Re: Here is an Example, Google Maps, Images, GridLinker, Download

                  Thanks Joe but this is what I get in my URL
                  "http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=Site%5Faddress&city=Site%5Fcity&state=Site%5Fstate&Zip=Site%5Fzip"

                  It is not picking up the values from the grid and placing the values in the Site_... fields.

                  UPDATE
                  ***************************************
                  This works!
                  Mapquest = "http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address="+urlencode(Site_address)+"&city="+urlencode(Site_city)+"&state="+urlencode(Site_state)+"&Zip="+urlencode(Site_zip)

                  Thank you Joe for steering me in the right direction!!
                  Last edited by EricN; 01-31-2008, 02:37 PM.
                  Eric

                  Alpha Five Websites
                  longlivepuppies.com
                  socialservicenetwork.com
                  -------------------------------------------------
                  socialservicenetwork.org

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                    #24
                    Re: Here is an Example, Google Maps, Images, GridLinker, Download

                    There is nothing in the string that needs urlencode() at all, leave it out. Glad you got it working, I was going to point to an article on my website titled "Alpha Five Web Application Server - programming examples" which has example code.
                    Steve Wood
                    See my profile on IADN

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                      #25
                      Re: Here is an Example, Google Maps, Images, GridLinker, Download

                      Eric: Sorry for the confusion, I had left those extra quotes in there by mistake.

                      Steve: I've seen addresses entered as "East 123rd & Main". Spaces need to be encoded, though most browsers will fix them up for you if you forget. But the & has special meaning in a URL and will totally break the address you are sending to MapQuest or any other server. That's why I would rather be safe than sorry and encode everything unless I can somehow guarantee 100% that all elements of the address will always be safe in a URL. And even then, it is easy and harmless to encode the data as long as you are encoding properly so I'd still probably do it.

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                        #26
                        Re: Here is an Example, Google Maps, Images, GridLinker, Download

                        I can't seem to log in to the site Pete.

                        I'm getting "Invalid user name or password."

                        i tried copy and paste and still no luck. is it still up?

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