Finding Links with Paren's

[mv8167]

I did finally figure this out. It is call normalizing a string. Like Ankeh mentioned, I needed to place a \ in front of characters not recognized by QTP when it is in a link etc.

My link namesd change and contain all types of characters, those along with the number keys on the keyboard.

To normalized a string, I used Replace. My function is thus:

Code:

Public Function NormalizeString (OrgStr)

            Dim TempStr
            
            TempStr = Replace(OrgStr, "\", "\\")

            TempStr = Replace(OrgStr, "/", "\/")
            
            TempStr = Replace(TempStr, "*", "\*")
            
            TempStr = Replace(TempStr, "+", "\+")

            TempStr = Replace(TempStr, "(", "\(")

            TempStr = Replace(TempStr, ")", "\)")

             TempStr = Replace(TempStr, "=", "\=")

             TempStr = Replace(TempStr, "&", "\&")

             TempStr = Replace(TempStr, "@", "\@")

             TempStr = Replace(TempStr, "#", "\#")

             TempStr = Replace(TempStr, "_", "\_")

             TempStr = Replace(TempStr, "!", "\!")
            
            NormalizeString = Replace(TempStr, "?", "\?")
            
End Function