URI scheme does not work when there is an (encoded) & character in the password

Questions Royal TSX (for macOS)
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Hello,

How do I use the URI for an adhoc connection, when the password has the ‘&’ character in it? Encoding special characters in the password works for everything except ‘&’

Example URI to reproduce problem:

open 'rtsx://rdp://localhost:3303?using=adhoc&username=Administrator&password=%26'

This results in an adhoc connection with the password empty instead of a single ‘&’.

Does anyone have an insight into this?

My env:

Royal TSX (macOS Monterey)

Version 6.0.0.3 (Beta)

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Hi Ash,

please use %2526 to escape the & character

In my example I used pass&word as the password and was able to connect via:

open 'rtsx://rdp://192.168.0.199:3389?using=adhoc&username=testuser&password=pass%2526word&action=connect'

However, we recommend encoding the URL after the rtsx:// block, so the correct string in my example would be:

open 'rtsx://rdp%3A//192.168.0.199%3A3389?using%3Dadhoc%26username%3Dtestuser%26password%3Dpass%2526word%26action%3Dconnect'

I hope this helps!

Best regards,

Christoph