Exporting converts an '&' symbol within a hyperlink into '#AMP', any way to prevent this?

Question

I'm using the on hover javascript code in indesign that i mentioned in my last question but when exporting my & was converted to an entity code. the word being made into a hyperlink in indesign was 'T&D' but was exported into html was: 

<span class="Hyperlink"><a href="myjavscriptHere">T#AM</a>PD</span>

obviously the character conversion ins't ideal but it also only made the first 4 characters a link instead of the whole word. Is there anything i can do to avoid this?

Answer 1

Here's the link from the post you mention for anyone else with the same question:

https://ajarproductions.com/pages/products/in5/answers/7889/possible-have-hyperlink-trigger-javascript-function-hover

I'm checking with Justin. I'll let you know what I find out.

Comments

I'm checking with our developer. I'll keep you posted.

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Our developer has been looking into the issue. We wanted to confirm that you're using the most recent version of in5, version 3.8.11.

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sorry for the very late reply, i missed this update. yes i am on version 3.8.11

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Oh, no worries. I can pass this info along to our developer. They did mention that they were trying to reproduce the issue but couldn't. Would you be able to send us a sample InDesign document that recreates the issue? You can send it here:

• https://ajarproductions.com/pages/contact.php?category=in5

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just sent it over! it should have everything to recreate the issue and the link you posted above to my previous thread shows how i set it up in indesign and js

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Awesome! Thanks! :)

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Hi Myra, was any progress made in diagnosing this problem?

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Hi Austin, I have an update from our developer but not a solution. He said that it is related to associating a hyperlink to the text that contains the & character, provided that in5 is set to Text Rendering: HTML.

And it appears to related to an InDesign bug.

I'm checking to see if he has any recommendations.

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Thank you! Since its a fairly rare occurrence it can be dealt with manually for the moment but i appreciate the effort.

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You're very welcome. I'll pass along any additional information I get about it.