Does VBA have any built in URL decoding?

Question

I just need to decode a URL, for example, replace %2E with . I can hack out a method if one isn't build in, but my assumption is that there must be a URL decoding tool already existing.

Answer 1

Here's a snippet I wrote years ago

-markus

Public Function URLDecode(sEncodedURL As String) As String

On Error GoTo Catch

Dim iLoop   As Integer
Dim sRtn    As String
Dim sTmp    As String

If Len(sEncodedURL) > 0 Then
    ' Loop through each char
    For iLoop = 1 To Len(sEncodedURL)
        sTmp = Mid(sEncodedURL, iLoop, 1)
        sTmp = Replace(sTmp, "+", " ")
        ' If char is % then get next two chars
        ' and convert from HEX to decimal
        If sTmp = "%" and LEN(sEncodedURL) + 1 > iLoop + 2 Then
            sTmp = Mid(sEncodedURL, iLoop + 1, 2)
            sTmp = Chr(CDec("&H" & sTmp))
            ' Increment loop by 2
            iLoop = iLoop + 2
        End If
        sRtn = sRtn & sTmp
    Next
    URLDecode = sRtn
End If

Finally:
    Exit Function
Catch:
    URLDecode = ""
    Resume Finally
End Function