Request for PDF with & in filename fails (when using wildcard mapp

I am using IIS 6.0 and have customized application wildcard mapping to
ASP.NET 2.0 aspnet_isapi.dll. I need this for Form Auth. to work with all
kind of files.

My problem is, that when using this wildcard mapping, IIS does not serve PDF
files with & in the filename any longer (e.g.
(http://mydomain/miles&more.pdf)) any longer - I am receiving "Bad request".
When removing the wildcard mapping, the accessing files with & in their name
is possible again.

Any suggestions?
Dieter

v-yren
Wed Feb 22 01:30:08 CST 2006

Hi Dieter,

Thanks for your post!

This issue is caused by the ASPNET_WP.exe process not allowing URLs with
the following characters: *, %, and &.

There is a workaround for the issue as below:
1. In Regedit, locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\ASP.NET
2. Add a new "Dword" called "VerificationCompatibility" and give it a
value of 1
3. Run IISReset to recycle the ASPNET_WP.exe process and to pick up the
setting change

We were able to verify that making this change allowed the URLs to browse
correctly on your server.

Thanks for your understanding!

Regards,

Yuan Ren [MSFT]
Microsoft Online Support
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dpomt
Wed Feb 22 01:40:19 CST 2006

Hello Yuan,

thanks for your reply and the workaround.

Best regards,
Dieter

v-yren
Wed Feb 22 03:06:44 CST 2006

Hi Dieter,

You are welcome:)

Regards,

Yuan Ren [MSFT]
Microsoft Online Support
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