Use of parent folder variable is incorrectly interpreting the ampersand sign
Use of parent folder variable is incorrectly interpreting the ampersand sign
If a parent folder is named with an ampersand, such as "A&B" (without the quotes), then the Group NAME$ variable (such as $COMPUTER_NAME$) is used in the name of a connection in that folder, the resulting variable entry is named "A&B".
It looks like the "&" in a group name is being converted to the HTML character reference for an ampersand, which is "&".
It would look like this in the Navigation Pane:
Example 1:
A&B <--parent folder
A&B <--connection named "COMPUTER_NAME$" (without the quotes)
Example 2:
Dun&Bradstreet <--parent folder
Dun&Bradstreet <--connection named "COMPUTER_NAME$" (without the quotes)
All Comments (8)
Hello,
Could you please include some screen shots that displays this result?
We would like to see how your entries are set as well as the properties of those entries.
Please hide any sensitive data.
Best regards,
Mark Beausejour
this screen shot shows a "Device" parent folder named with an ampersand ( & ) in the name.
1-parent folder name.png
this screen shot shows a connection that is named with a "Group variable" referencing the parent folder name: $COMPUTER_NAME$
2-connection name using parent folder variable.png
Hello,
We have been able to reproduce your issue and a ticket has been submitted to our engineering department.
We will investigate.
Thank you so much for reporting this!
Best regards,
Mark Beausejour
this screen shot shows the resulting connection names where the ampersand in the parent folder name is rendered as $amp in the connection name
3-resulting connection name showing HTML & substitution.png
Thank you for the crazy fast response!
Hello Trodke,
This issue has been fixed internally which means you should be able to use variables containing special characters starting from the next minor release of RDM.
Regards,
Michaël Beaudin
Thank you for the quick response and fix!