pass a url encoded string 1

[malonep]

Hi,
I want to pass a url encoded string to a new window that is opened with javascript but, when the page opens the string is displayed in the address bar as the original symbols.

Main Page

strCaption = "!@#$%^&*()"
strCaption = convertURL(strCaption)
'strCaption is now = "!%40%23%24%25%5E%26*()"

%><script>
window.open("details.asp?caption=<%=strCaption%>")

On the Details Page the url is displayed as

http://localhost/details.asp?caption=!@#$%^&*()

(NOT url encoded)
and when I try to display the caption string

Response.write(Request.QueryString("caption"))

I only get a partial string of !@

if I manually change the url to contain url encoding the entire string is displayed

Why in both IE and Netscape if I open a new window using javascript and try to pass it a url encoded string the new window doesn't keep the url encoding?

How do I pass a url encoded string to a new window through javascript

Thanks,
malonep

 

[kaht]

Use the escape function, and once you get it to your new page, use unescape to get it back to normal.

strCaption = "!@#$%^&*()"
strCaption = escape(strCaption);
alert(strCaption);
strCaption = unescape(strCaption);
alert(strCaption);

-kaht