Escaping characters in a link problem..

[Shap5202]

So i have a link that looks like

Code: Select all

aI("url=javascript:gotoUrl('somepage.jsp?absolutePath=C:\\workspace\\myfile.dat&lastModified=11/3/2005');text=Go;closeonclick=1;");

the gotoUrl method is just something that detects double-clicks and such to make sure only the first request is handled

however, when the link is clicked... the value that gets passed to the method is
'somepage.jsp?absolutePath=C:workspaceestfile.dat&lastModified=11/3/2005'

and it loses the correct path. I put a temp fix in to just convert any \\'s into a / and it will still work. But was just wondering if it is something the menu is doing funky, or just (my) javascript.

[Ruth]

Hi,

I just tried your posted aI, but of course all I get is an error since I don't have the gotoUrl part. I note, and just figured it was a 'typo', that you don't have a closing ' or ) after the 2005, which is also an error I get.

Ruth

[Shap5202]

yes, you're right, that was a typo... fixed it above..

if you wanted to try it out.. for simplitity's sake, here's the goto method

Code: Select all

function gotoUrl(url){
    location.href = url;
}

thanks for the help

[Ruth]

I can try it, but I can't help on this because I really don't know what it is you're asking. I know that you use backquotes to escape characters in an aI string ` but I don't know if that's what you mean. Sorry, I don't do js or functions.

Ruth