IE 5.00 PROBLEM..ahhh...help, urgent

[BrightNail]

hey all,

I have a IE 5.00 problem only, works in all other reiterations of the browser..BUT I have to make it work in IE 5.00..and I can't find a download for this browser....

it appears the the URL has a character limitiation...and I have to encrypt the url to sometimes over a 1000 characters...but it blows on this IE version..why?...any help..

i've tried an "onclick" and had # in href, but that bombed too!...I tried using a form and have the encryption as a hidden field, and that ONLY worked if I used a submit button (ugly)..I need to use a 'text link' if possible...any advice...

[joeframbach]

why would you encrypt the url? are you trying to hide anything? if you are, its useless to even try :)

[brothercake]

I've had to do that before - for a puzzle games where the answers had to be in the qstr! it was only very simple encyption, but that was never the point; it was just so that the answers aren't right in front of you :)


But I didn't find that problem. I thought that the maxlength (including the URI itself) was 2K ..?

[BrightNail]

well,

the string sometimes can be as large as 2000 characters..so, yes..in some instances it breaks..

I think an "image post" will work, but I want to use "text"...

any thoughts?

[cg9com]

.. you could use an input button styled to look like text, but the text would still be selected when the form is highlighted.