VFP6 Writing to a search engine

[eric43]

I have a variable laddr2( one of a number - but one will do as a sample).

I wish to make up a URL with this value -like
lcURL = "

http://www.multimap.com/map/places.cgi?lient=public"

lcURL = lcURL + "&addr2="+ MY VARIABLE HERE +"&icon=x"

I have tried brackets and & with the variables but have not been able to get the variable value itself into the string.

Any one able to help?

Thanks Eric

 

[baltman]

Could it be that you need to translate the spaces in your variable?

lcURL = "[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.multimap.com/map/places.cgi?lient=public"[/URL]
lcMyVar="MY VARIABLE HERE"
lcMyVar=STRTRAN(lcMyVar,CHR(32),[%20])
lcURL = lcURL + "&addr2=" + lcMyVar + "&icon=x"
?lcUrl

 

[eric43]

baltman

after much watching in the debugger I have used this technique - why i need to I don't know BUT it has just worked for me

passing line1 etc

lAddr2 = line1
lAddr3 = line2
lState = line3
lPc = line4
lDB = line5

then this for each variable
mydata = laddr2
mydata = lower(alltrim(mydata ))
addto = "&addr2="
myline = addto + mydata
lcURL = lcURL + myline

enabling me to watch each step in debugger.

I will try Ur suggestion later tonight - thanks

Eric

 

[baltman]

Upon additional reflection, I believe your problem is probably the '&' character. VFP is trying to interpret it as a macro substitution. Try using the chr function instead...

addto = CHR(38)+"addr2="
?addto

Brian