Best way to remove illegal characters from url / filename / foldername?

Question

What is the best way to remove illegal characters from sharepoint(MOSS) filenames, foldernames, urls, etc...

Basic character removal process is not enough...

Thanks in advance SAV

Answer 1

You can use the SPEncode class to do what you want.

Your choices are :

SPEncode.HtmlEncode(string);
SPEncode.HtmlEncodePreserveSpaces(string);

Good luck !

See : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.utilities.spencode_methods.aspx