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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">ConvertToURL Function [Runtime]</title>
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34<bookmark_value>ConvertToURL function</bookmark_value>
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36<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152801" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120312.xhp" name="ConvertToURL Function [Runtime]">ConvertToURL Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
37<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148538" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Converts a system file name to a file URL.</paragraph>
38</section>
39<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150669" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Syntax:</paragraph>
40<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154285" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">ConvertToURL(filename)</paragraph>
41<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150984" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Return value:</paragraph>
42<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147530" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">String</paragraph>
43<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148550" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Parameters:</paragraph>
44<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148947" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>Filename:</emph> A file name as string.</paragraph>
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47<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153361" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Example:</paragraph>
48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150792" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">systemFile$ = "c:\folder\mytext.txt"</paragraph>
49<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154365" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">url$ = ConvertToURL( systemFile$ )</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151042" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">print url$</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154909" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">systemFileAgain$ = ConvertFromURL( url$ )</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3144762" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">print systemFileAgain$</paragraph>
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