url gets truncated (was "launching web browser")

[kweto]

Hello,

Well, looking through the archives, I found a script for lsuccessfully
aunching a browser with an url
(http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/msg06944.html , by
Shari -- thank you!).

One problem (perhaps off topic?). Although the url does get sent to the
browser, it becomes truncated at the first ampersand:

--
 put
"http://www.somewhere.com/business=kweto%40ma.nma.ne.jp&item_name=something&
no_note=1" into tUrl
 if (the platform) is "Win32" then
    try
      set the hideConsoleWindows to true
      put empty into theTitle
      if "NT" is in the systemVersion then
        set the shellCommand to "cmd.exe"
        put quote & quote into theTitle
      end if
      get shell("start" && theTitle && tURL)
--

I tried replacing the ampersand with %26, but still no luck.

How do I ensure the url gets passed as is?

Thank you.

Nicolas Cueto