Help inserting variable in the middle of a url

[philt@prominent.ca]

I need help with some syntax,

I need to have the value of a drop down box inserted into the middle of a url string,

e.g.:

Selected Value in drop down box "OEM"

URL I needed: http://www.somesearch.com/search?value0=OEM%3type=boolean%3value2=otherval%3

As you can see I need to take the data of the selected entry in the list box and insert it into the middle of the url string in this example the data is "OEM"

[Derek]

Depends how your working with the url. In your example, is OEM the only bit that changes?

If http://www.somesearch.com/search?value0= and %3type=boolean%3value2=otherval%3 are constant then you simply concat the 3 strings
Otherwise it could prove awkward if the url is aways changing - but im sure you know this already.

[longedge]

You say "in this example" so I'm not sure that this is exactly what you want but something along the lines of -

turl="http://www.somesearch.com/search?value0=%3type=boolean%3value2=otherval%3"
len = String.Length(turl);
pos = String.Find(turl, "value0=", 1, false);
turlleft = String.Left(turl, pos+6)
turlright = String.Right(turl, len-(pos+6))
tnewurl = turlleft.."OEM"..turlright

p.s. - pipped at the post

[Scriptonite]

Seems like you would need something more like this:

String = "http://www.somesearch.com/search?value0="..ComboBox.GetItemData("ComboBox1", ComboBox.GetSelected()).."%3type=boolean%3value2=otherval%3"

This would return a string with the Data from the combobox selection in the actual URL.