Paul -- If I click the "View linked web" button on the main References display and the URL has spaces in it, the URL that is sent to the default browser terminates at the first space it encounters, so that URLs with spaces can't be used (I use them a lot because I store my references on an ftp server, and the filenames all have spaces in them). Could this be fixed some time, please?
Hugh
Hugh, can you replace the
Hugh, can you replace the space with "%20" and see if it works?
Paul Well, this is very
Paul
Well, this is very strange. I put in the %20 codes to replace the spaces, and it worked. So I removed them and put the spaces back, and it still works. I'm not sure what to make of that.
Hugh
Oops -- my mistake. I was
Oops -- my mistake. I was clicking on the wrong thing. Here's the situation:
1. If there are spaces in the URL, the View Linked Web button doesn't work; the URL stops at the first space.
2. If the spaces are replaced with "%20", the button does indeed work; the URL is entered into the browser correctly and the document displays.
Is it possible to alter the action of the "view linked web" button so that it parses the URL to check for spaces and replace any it finds with "%20" before sending it to the browser?
Hugh
Hugh, Yes, we will do that
Hugh, Yes, we will do that for the next patch release. Thanks, Paul