CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
Accepts an aboluste path as input and returns a full URI as output. For example, "C:\Temp\Test.xml" returns "file:///C:/Temp/Test.xml".

Return Values:
Returns a URI.

Example:

<cfoutput>#makeUriFromPath(expandPath("test.xml"))#</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Creates a URI from an absolute path.
 * 
 * @param path      Path to translate. (Required)
 * @return Returns a URI. 
 * @author Samuel Neff (sam@blinex.com) 
 * @version 1, September 23, 2004 
 */
function makeUriFromPath(path) {
   var uri = path;
     
   // make all backslashes into slashes
   uri = replace(uri, "\", "/", "all");
   if (left(uri,1) is "/") {
      uri = right(uri, len(uri) - 1);
    }
     
   uri = "file:///" & uri;
    
   return uri;
}