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Topic: Char &
Posted By: Marcvanu
Subject: Char &
Date Posted: 04 September 2006 at 11:08am
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Sometimes I need to insert hyperlinks with dynamic variables. Therefore I need to use the caracter & . For exampe Test.as?Lang=Fr&Target=Test.
The problem is that RTE does not like it and it is automatically transformed into &. I tried with the ASCII code & but it does not help.
What can I do ? ------------- Mvu Brussels |
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 04 September 2006 at 1:20pm
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This type of thing is handled by the browser itself different browsers will do this type of thing in different ways, so my best advice would be to try an alternative browser. Firefox's Midas API produces much cleaner code than IE 6 and doesn't tend to re-write your HTML. Hopefully with IE 7 Microsoft will improve the code it's RTE produces. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: Marcvanu
Date Posted: 04 September 2006 at 2:07pm
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Unfortunately it does not work properly with Firefox either and Opera is not Rich Text Enabled.
How can we fix this problem then ? ------------- Mvu Brussels |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 04 September 2006 at 2:19pm
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It shouldn't be a problem, here is a link to this page with & in it that I have posted in Firefox:- http://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=21212&PID=113594#113594 - http://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=21212&PID=113594#113594 ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 04 September 2006 at 2:20pm
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As you can see the & sound stays intact it also works in IE. The RTE in this forum uses the same one as the standalone RTE. Also, a new version is being tested at present that will work with Opera as Opera 9 is now RTE enabled. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: Marcvanu
Date Posted: 04 September 2006 at 3:06pm
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Actually with IE your example seems to work because the part after http://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=21212 - http://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=21212 is not relevant. The &PID=113597#113597 is relevant to position directly the browser to the message.
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 04 September 2006 at 3:14pm
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Yes but the point that I am making is that & can be used within URL's and is not changed to & Here is another one that does need all the parts in the URL to work, including those after the & signs:- http://forums.webwiz.net/calendar_week.asp?M=9&Y=2006&W=2 - http://forums.webwiz.net/calendar_week.asp?M=9&Y=2006&W=2 ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: Marcvanu
Date Posted: 04 September 2006 at 4:21pm
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Ok, I understand. But me, I am talking about the HTML code. If you toggle to HTML code, then you can see that & is changed into & That is the problem because the hyperlink does not work properly since at least one variable is missing. ------------- Mvu Brussels |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 04 September 2006 at 8:44pm
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Toggling back and forth between HTML and RTE view is not a good thing as the command sent to the browser to do this does tend to make the browser re-write the HTML code in all browsers. The problem is you are limited to what the browser can do and trying to work around the limitations, bugs, and quirks all browsers seem to have with their RTE's. RTE features of web browsers seem to be all rather buggy at the moment, with Safaris effort on the MAC being so bad it is almost unusable so support for Safari will be sometime off unless they improve things in new versions soon. If you want links with & to stay intact I would suggest until browser RTE support improves that you stay away from using the HTML Toggle Button. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: Marcvanu
Date Posted: 05 September 2006 at 7:56am
 It does noet work either. We are in a "cul de sac" I am afraid !------------- Mvu Brussels |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 05 September 2006 at 9:34am
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It could be something to do with the page encoding that you have set the page to, or the page encoding for your browser that is coursing the & in a link to be HTML encoded as & Try changing the page encoding of the page and see if that solves the problem. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: Marcvanu
Date Posted: 05 September 2006 at 10:28am
 OK, I solved the problem by adding this code in my asp
newString = replace(newString,"amp","") ------------- Mvu Brussels |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 05 September 2006 at 11:27am
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Don't forget the ; and & The following should work better otherwise words like 'amplifier' can not be used:- newString = replace(newString, "&", "&") ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: Marcvanu
Date Posted: 05 September 2006 at 11:43am
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Right, I thought about this. ------------- Mvu Brussels |