--- AE/Installer/trunk/source/main_window.cpp	2009/07/06 14:04:11	391
+++ AE/Installer/trunk/source/main_window.cpp	2009/07/06 14:44:10	392
@@ -58,6 +58,17 @@ using namespace std;
 #include "boost/date_time/date_parsing.hpp"
 #include "boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp" 
 
+string escapePath(string input) {
+	
+	string output;
+	string escape_me = "& ;()|<>\"'\\#*?$";
+	for(int i = 0; i < input.size(); i++)  {
+		for(int j = 0; j < escape_me.size(); j++) if (input[i] == escape_me[j]) output += '//';
+		output += input[i];
+	}
+	return output;
+}
+
 int globalizeData(void)
 {
 	busy = 1;