297446 - Open with truncates file name at '&' character.

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

'Open with' is set to call a DOS batch program which launches an application
with the downloaded file using the %1 argument. When the filename contains an
'&' character it is truncated when calling the program, hence, the application
cannot find the downloaded file.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a DOS batch file which uses the %1 argument.
2. Download a file which has an '&' in the filename.
3. Select the batch file created in step 1 in 'Open with'. 

Actual Results:  
The DOS batch file is called with a truncated file name so the application that
is executed by the batch file cannot find the downloaded file.

Expected Results:  
Save the filename without truncation.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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