Use ampersand in menu item text

[rjoubert]

I'm working on a VB.NET 2005 windows application. My main container form (this is a MDI application) has a menu of options docked to the left side. One menu option that I am attempting to add needs to have an ampersand (&) in the text. Yet when I add the ampersand, it thinks I'm adding a shortcut key to the menu item and puts the underscore under the character immediately after the ampersand. Is there a way to have it display the ampersand and not interpret it as a need for a shortcut key? I've tried using an escape character, but that didn't work. I've also tried putting a space before and after the ampersand, but it just underscores the space.

If there is no way around this, is there a symbol I can use in place of the ampersand to mean "AND"? Thanks...

 

[rjoubert]

Please disregard my question. I just figured it out. I put two ampersands together in the text property of the link, and it now displays one.