Why does Firefox replace the & character in my URL with & characters generated by my app? Same app running in IE does not do this.
I have a app that generates context sensitive URLs.
http://GISMAP/URLHandler.ashx?&MAPTABNAME=TPW&Scale=2306&CenterX=551,874&CenterY=4,805,573
in IE - no problem.
in Firefox, it produces a modified version which does not work:
http://GISMAP/URLHandler.ashx?&MAPTABNAME=TPW&Scale=2306&CenterX=551,874&CenterY=4,805,573
basically, firefox replaces every & character in the URL with & which corrupts the URL string
Modified by cor-el
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OK, even my post does not correctly show what is happening. the & character is being replaced with & amp ; (no spaces). Seems like Firefox itself is interpreting it differently.
Modified by mikehausser
How are you generating the links?
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Thanks, IBM Maximo is generating the URL based on a URL template I provide - the system inserts on screen variables. It works flawless when using IE, so it is something specific to Firefox. Are there some advanced settings within firefox to tell it to stop interpreting special characters in some way?