Question

I found what I believe is a problem with createHidden().setValue().
I am using a hidden box to pass information to handler functions. When there is a & in the string an encoding is done while not expected – by me.

var test = '[[12060,"Crédit R&D à recevoir"]]';
var hidden = app.createHidden().setId('z').setName('z').setValue(test); 

When I read the data back it’s

[[12060,"Crédit R&D à recevoir"]]

It’s basically causing problems later on with Utilities.jsonParse().

Now without the &

var test = '[[12060,"Crédit RD à recevoir"]]';
var hidden = app.createHidden().setId('z').setName('z').setValue(test); 

When I read the data back it’s what I am expecting – meaning no encoding:

[[12060,"Crédit RD à recevoir"]]

Now if I do the same with app.createTextBox().setText(test); I do not have any encoding causing a problem even with the &. I will get back [[12060,"Crédit R&D à recevoir"]] with the & not encoded.

Is this a bug or a feature/behavior I am not aware of for the createHidden.setValue()?

Thanks if somebody can clarify for me this mystery that made me loose a good hour!

UPDATE : I reported the issue to Google and it’s officially a bug – see issue 1576.

Answer 1

Google accepted the issue as a new bug to be fixed – see issue 1576.
So in the meantime, we should use createTextBox().setText() which do not have the HTML encoding problem.