Lotus Notes UI Automation

[cs2009]

Using Visual Basic 2008, SQL Server 2005 and Lotus Notes client 6.5 thru 8.5.1.

I have a Visual Basic program that automates the Lotus Notes UI to create an email in HTML format. The program does not send the email, but presents the email to the user to preview.

This email contains a hyperlink to a web site. Here is a sample link constructed in the program:

<A HREF="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.abfs.com/trace/abftrace.asp?blnBOL=TRUE&blnPO=TRUE&blnShipper=TRUE&blnConsignee=TRUE&blnABFGraphic=TRUE&blnOrigin=TRUE&blnDestination=TRUE&RefType=a&Ref=0123456789">0123456789[/URL]                </a>

This link works when I copy/paste it in IE. However, when I click the link in the sent email I see in IE that the last parameter has changed from &Ref=0123456789 to &Ref%0123456789. The "=" has changed to "%" and the link no longer works. This seems to be happening with all of my hyperlinks and not just the sample above.

Can someone help me prevent this translation?

 

[cs2009]

I replaced the "=" character with ASCII character "61" and it worked.