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URLDecode Function

Decodes a URLEncoded string

Inputs
sEncodedURL - Encoded String to Decode

Returns
Decoded String

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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 iLoop
 URLDecode = sRtn
 End If
Finally:
 Exit Function
Catch:
 URLDecode = ""
 Resume Finally
End Function