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  3. October 2005

RE: Concatenation with "&" in string....

> Hmmm... I had no idea that the caret character worked for this.  That 
> might be good to know some day.

I found that tip Googling for "Microsoft command start 'command interpreter'
ampersand".  The actual site was
http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/Content/405/29/2.html.  Scan for "carat" and
you'll see it under Using Windows NT Command Symbols. 

> Another solution is to put quotes around the data portion of the URL. For 
> example:
> 
> start http:"//servername/csesc/csoe?cmd=CUSTOM_INT&pid=CV_KT&uid=admin"
> 
> You have to leave the http: part out of the quoted string, or it won't 
> know that you want to launch a browser.  It's kinda weird.

<Slaps forehead> D'oh!

I tried using quotes, but always put the http: inside the quoted string.

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