Re: Prune double slahes

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To Marc's point, are the slashes even there at all? Isn't the compiler trying to escape out the characters before it?

Try:
<appSettings>
<add key="pdfroot" value="p:\\E-Switch Secure\\PDF_dwgs\\"/>
</appSettings>
string path = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["pdfroot"];

Tossing that to a Textbox would display:

"p:\E-Switch Secure\PDF_dwgs\"

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Reproduced, simplistically, with:

string pathname = "p:\\E-Switch Secure\\PDF_dwgs\\";
output.Text = pathname;

value from output.text in presentation: p:\E-Switch Secure\PDF_dwgs\

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-dl

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David Longnecker
Web Developer
http://blog.tiredstudent.com

But... unless I am missing something, it doesn't contain any double
slashes... is this just a debugger issue? It displays strings in the
escaped form, so \ appears \\. But it is still \.

Marc



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