Thank you Eric... solved the problem and learned something!  I
appreciate your time.

On Jan 22, 11:40 am, Eric Shulman <[email protected]> wrote:
> {{DataTiddler.getData
> ("Tiddler","variable")}}.thisisalwaysthesame.com/
>
> is not the correct syntax for contructing an evaluated parameter
> value...
>
> The {{...}} syntax must enclose the entire parameter.  In the above
> example, you need to retrieve the field value and then also append the
> quoted text ".thisisalwaysthesame.com/" (using the javascript "+"
> operator) to create a single resulting value, like this:
>
> {{DataTiddler.getData ("Tiddler","variable")
> +".thisisalwaysthesame.com/"}}
>
> The reason your erroneous syntax 'sort of worked' is:
>
> First, the {{...}} param was processed, yielding "http://000"; as a
> parameter value.  Next, the remaining ".thisisalwaysthesame.com/" was
> treated as an additional parameter for the
> <<LaunchApplicationButton ...>> macro.  The macro then joined the two
> parameter values together into a single space-separated string, which
> it passed on to the specified application.  As you surmised, "%20" is
> the hexadecimal code for SPACE.
>
> enjoy,
> -e
> Eric Shulman
> TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios

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