Querystring problems with +

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I have a popup window that takes a string as a parameter. I pass this parameter on the URL. The string contains a "+" character and it is being stripped when I read it via Request.QueryString from the popup page. server.URLEncode encodes the "+" to "%2B" and the querystring should convert it back. The problem I'm having is strURL gets translated back to containing the + char when it reaches openWindow. Does anybody know how I can solve this problem?
<tt>
strURL = &quot;Page.asp?TestName=&quot; & server.URLEncode (adoRsTests.Fields(&quot;Metric&quot)
Response.Write &quot;<a href=&quot;&quot;javascriptpenWindow('&quot; & strURL & &quot;','&quot; & strWinFeatures & &quot;')&quot;&quot;>link</a>&quot;

Here is the Javascript function:

function openWindow( windowURL, windowFeatures ) {
//if window exists close it
if (popUpWindow) {
popUpWindow.close();
popUpWindow = null;
}
popUpWindow = window.open(windowURL, &quot;popUpWindow&quot;, windowFeatures );
popUpWindow.focus();
}
</tt>