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StreamReader from .csv - "foreign" chars and blank values showing up as '?'

I'm having two problems with reading my .csv file with streamreader. What I'm trying to do is get the values, put them into variables which I'll be using later on, inputting the values into a browser via Selenium.
Here's my code (the Console.Writeline at the end is just for debugging):
string[] read;
char[] seperators = { ';' };
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(#"C:\filename.csv", Encoding.Default, true);
string data = sr.ReadLine();
while((data = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
{
read = data.Split(seperators);
string cpr = read[0];
string ydelsesKode = read[1];
string startDato = read[3];
string stopDato = read[4];
string leverandoer = read[5];
string leverandoerAdd = read[6];
Console.WriteLine(cpr + " " + ydelsesKode + " " + startDato + " " + stopDato + " " + leverandoer + " " + leverandoerAdd);
}
The code in and of itself works just fine - but I have two problems:
The file has values in Danish, which means I get åøæ, but they're showing up as '?' in console. In notepad those characters look fine.
Blank values also show up as '?'. Is there any way I can turn them into a blank space so Selenium won't get "confused"?
Sample output:
1372 1.1 01-10-2013 01-10-2013 Bakkev?nget - dagcenter ?
Bakkev?nget should be Bakkevænget and the final '?' should be blank (or rather, a bank space).

"Fixed" it by going with tab delimited unicode .txt file instead of .csv. For some reason my version of excel doesn't have the option to save in unicode .csv...
Don't quite understand the problem of "rolling my own" parser, but maybe someday someone will take the time to explain it to me better. Still new-ish at this c# stuff...

QueryString is taking first substring and discarding rest post space

I have a query string which passes 6 parameters in C# as shown below
string url = "Report.aspx?Desc=" + Desc.SelectedValue + "&PON=" + PNumber.Text + "&InsNme=" + ins.ToUpper().ToString() + "&BackTy=" + cb.SelectedValue + "&StartDate=" + txtDate.Text + "&EndDate=" + txtTodate.Text + "&Name=" + nme;
string s = "window.open('" + url + "', 'popup_window', 'width=1500,height=800,left=200,top=150,resizable=yes');";
ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(this.GetType(), "script", s, true);
Now, in the above string InsNme contains a value of John Patrice Joanne. Instead of complete value of InsNme Report.aspx contains just John. How to handle this?

The spaces in the name are breaking the URL.
If you want to do it yourself, replace spaces with %20. Otherwise a simple, but not anywhere near "good" technique is:
url = "Report.aspx?";
// for each name value pair ...
url += dataLabel + "=" + System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlEncode( dataChunk ) +"&";
The utility is preferred as it will take care of other, similar issues such as literal '&' in a name.
Check this answer for better solutions.
How to build a query string for a URL in C#?

String randomly containing a newline C#

I'm completely lost with what is happening here.
string send = "!points add " + entries[winner] + " " + prize.ToString();
What I want to send is "!points add winnername prizeamount" but what I get is "!points add winnername\nprizeamount". I put \n because it writes a new line but trying to replace "\n", "\r" and "\t" with " " does nothing.
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all I need is the message to be exactly"!points space add space winnername space prizeamount space"
If it's important the entries in my code is a List of strings

The entries strings already contain the new line character(s).
I suggest you replace with Environment.NewLine:
Replace Line Breaks in a String C#

The string object, 'entries[winner]' is having line-feeds (LF) or carriage-returns (CR). You try this to remove all LFs and CRs,
string send = "!points add "
+ entries[winner].Replace("\r", string.Empty).Replace("\n", string.Empty)
+ " " + prize.ToString();
Alternatively, you can use Trim() to remove leading\ trailing LFs\ CRs.
string send = "!points add "
+ entries[winner].Trim()
+ " " + prize.ToString();

No repro. The following code doesn't assert.
var entries=new List<string>{"Aaa", "Bbb", "Ccc"};
int prize=90;
int winner=1;
var send=String.Format("!points add {0} {1}",entries[winner],prize);
var send2="!points add " + entries[winner] + " " + prize.ToString();
Trace.Assert("!points add Aaa 90"==send);
Trace.Assert(send2==send);
If the result contains newlines, it's because the entries values contain newlines.
The best solution would be to clean the input data before storing it in the list, eg with String.TrimEnd or String.Trim, When loading data from a file for example, you can't be sure it doesn't contain trailing spaces.
To read clean data from a file you could use :
var entries=File.ReadLines()
.Select(line=>line.Trim())
.ToList();
If you add the entries one by one from user input :
entries.Add(newEntry.Trim());
If you can't change how the data is read (why?) you can trim when whenever you use an entry value:
var send=String.Format("!points add {0} {1}",entries[winner].Trim(),prize);
Loading clean data is a lot easier

In html / asp.net-mvc, what is the correct way to include an apostrophe inside an image tooltip

If i have an image tooltip that is being populated from a database table. I am generating this html below from my server side C# code
public string GetImage()
{
return "<img class='iconSpace' title ='" + dataIssue + "' src='/Content/Images/Icons" + size + "/information_red.png' />";
}
the issue is that if the variable dataIssue has an apostrophe in it, it only shows the characters in the string up to that point.
What is the best way to show the whole string in the tooltip given the code above?

' is not special symbol for HTML, and browser shows whole string without problems, but you can have problems with following symbols " < > & they should be escaped as:
"
<
>
&
if your browser treats HTML standard incorrectly and cut the rest of the string, you can try to escape single quote with ' - this will work for all browsers
so, according HTML standard attribute values should be surrounded by " symbol, not by ', so the problem here should be solved:
dataIssue = any_kind_of_html_escape_function_here(dataIssue);
return "<img class=\"iconSpace\" title=\"" + dataIssue + "\" src=\"/Content/Images/Icons" + size + "/information_red.png\" />";
For asp.net htmlencode function is defined here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/w3te6wfz.aspx

Would this work for you?
string img = "<img class=\"iconSpac\" title=\"" + dataIssue + "\" " + "scr=\"/Content/Images/Icons\"" + size + "/information_red.png\" />";

You should use HttpUtility.HtmlEncode("...") for it.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/73z22y6h.aspx

Trim spaces between value

LinkButton section = (LinkButton)gridcheck.Rows[i].FindControl("lbSection");
if (section == sender)
Response.Redirect(section.Text + ".aspx");
Lets say I have an "AirPlane.aspx" page and the database table I am calling is named "Air Plane". I tried to use this to trim the space between the "r" and "P" but it does not work
Convert.ToString(section).Replace(" ", "");

It appears you're trying to convert the entire object to a string. Instead, you should be able to use the text field and perform a replace directly against it.
Response.Redirect(section.Text.Replace(" ", string.Empty) + ".aspx");