JSL: How to correctly display ampersand (&) in Textbox() with Markup?

SDF1 — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:12:13 GMT

Hello fellow JSL scripters,

I'm trying to use an ampersand in a Text Box() call while also using the <<Markup command, and I'm coming across some issues. Apparently, the <<Markup send command formats text with specified HTML tags.

As an example, here's some JSL that I thought should work, but doesn't.

w = New Window( "Formatted Text",
	Text Box( "This is <b>bold</b> text. This is <b><i>bold italic</i></b> text, & this is <u>underlined</u> text.",
	<<Markup) );

Instead, I get this as the output and an error in the log:

Warning: unterminated entity "&" encountered. -- Turning off markup flag -- This is bold text. This is bold italic text & is underlined text.
DisplayBox[EvalContextBox]

I would have thought this would be easy to find a solution to, but JMP Help, Scripting Index, Scripting Guide, and searches don't really talk about this specific issue. I did try the HTML tag &amp, and it doesn't work.

Thanks for any help!,

Re: JSL: How to correctly display ampersand (&) in Textbox() with Markup?

SDF1 — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:14:24 GMT

I just found it by looking at the source code for my posting and saw that I wasn't using the &amp tag correct, it should be: & with the semicolon at the end. It works now.

Hope this helps others,

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