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You can run encodeURIComponent from a console to get the result as it's static :<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-39802778-1">&lt;script language=&quot;JavaScript&quot;&gt;&lt;document.write(&quot;&lt;a href=\&quot;mailto:recipient@example.com?subject=When%2C%20when%20is%20now%3F%20(if%20%22now%22%20is%20here)\&quot;&gt;mail me!&lt;/a&gt;&quot;)&lt;/script&gt;</code></pre>
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You can run encodeURIComponent from a console to get the result as it's static :


<script language="JavaScript"><document.write("<a href=\"mailto:recipient@example.com?subject=When%2C%20when%20is%20now%3F%20(if%20%22now%22%20is%20here)\">mail me!</a>")</script>

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Thanks for the suggestions, I'll give this a go.
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Thanks for the suggestions, I'll give this a go.

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Hello,<br />
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I have the following within a gridview.<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-28345342-1">&lt;asp:TemplateField&gt;
&lt;ItemTemplate&gt;
&lt;a href='mailto: &lt;%# Eval(&quot;email&quot;) %&gt; ?Subject=Notification &lt;%# Eval(&quot;Number&quot;)%&gt; - &lt;%# Eval(&quot;Description&quot;) %&gt; '&gt;
Send Notification&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/ItemTemplate&gt;
&lt;/asp:TemplateField&gt;</code></pre>
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This kinds of works up until &lt;%# Eval(&quot;Description&quot;) %&gt; contains a special character, i.e. %<br />
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I need to preserve this. &nbsp;I read this could be done by using encodeURIComponent(). &nbsp;I found an example of this:<br />
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&lt;script language=&quot;JavaScript&quot;&gt;&lt;doc<wbr />ument.writ<wbr />e(&quot;&lt;a href=\&quot;mailto:recipient@ex<wbr />ample.com?<wbr />subject=&quot; + encodeURIComponent(&quot;When, when is now? (if \&quot;now\&quot; is here)&quot;) + &quot;\&quot;&gt;mail me!&lt;/a&gt;&quot;)&lt;/script&gt;<br />
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However I can’t seem to apply it succesfully to my code. &nbsp;Can anyone help please?
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Hello,

I have the following within a gridview.

(CODE)

This kinds of works up until <%# Eval("Description") %> contains a special character, i.e. %

I need to preserve this.  I read this could be done by using encodeURIComponent().  I found an example of this:

<script language="JavaScript"><document.write("<a href=\"mailto:recipient@example.com?subject=" + encodeURIComponent("When, when is now? (if \"now\" is here)") + "\">mail me!</a>")</script>

However I can’t seem to apply it succesfully to my code.  Can anyone help please?

Help with combining encodeURIComponent() with Mailto (Gridview)

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