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ChainsawJoe

ChainsawJoe

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Dec 5, 2000
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Hi all,

I'm using an Image webcontrol within a purchase confirmation page on an eCommerce wensite in order to specify affiliate tag info.

E.g.
Code: 
imgTracker.ImageUrl = "[URL unfurl="true"]https://tracker.clicktrade.com/Tracker/Sale.dll?clicktrade=1234&sale="[/URL] & Value & "&uarg=" & OrderId

Where "Value" is the order value and "OrderId" is the ..uh.. order id..

Problem: the above renders as:
Code: 
[URL unfurl="true"]https://tracker.clicktrade.com/Tracker/Sale.dll?clicktrade=1234&amp;sale=<some[/URL] value>&amp;uarg=<some id>

Obviously the "&amp;" completely screws it up. I decided the easiest route was to encode the amps as "%26" but the affiliate people are telling me that this isn't working for them.

My question: how can I use the Image webcontrol with "&" without it htmlencoding it? OR is it just better to use a serverside Img HTMLcontrol and set the href using "&"?

Many thanks tek dudes!

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Don't worry yourselves about this one unless you actually know the answer; I'm using a serverside img HTMLcontrol and it's working just peachy.

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