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GetAsURLEncoded
Purpose 
Returns text as URL (Uniform Resource Locator) encoding, for use as a URL.
Format 
GetAsURLEncoded(text)
Parameters 
text - any text expression or text field
Data type returned 
text
Originated in 
FileMaker Pro 8.5
Description 
This function removes all styles from text. All characters are first converted to UTF-8 format. Characters that are neither letters nor digits, or digits that are in the upper ASCII range, are converted to %HH format (a percent sign followed by the character’s hexadecimal value).
See the following website for more information on URL encoding:
http://www.w3.org
Examples 
GetAsURLEncoded("Hello") returns Hello.
GetAsURLEncoded("San Francisco") returns San%20Francisco.
GetAsURLEncoded("français") returns fran%c3%a7ais.
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