# External hyperlink issue

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-hyperlink-issue/208083>\
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**Created:** [November 24, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-hyperlink-issue/208083 "2006-11-24T18:52:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![pauldog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@pauldog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pauldog)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-hyperlink-issue/208083/1 "2006-11-24T18:52:01Z")

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HI -I’m brand new here thanks for having me.

So I have a menu with dynamic text that reads variables from a txt file working fine…  
EXCEPT when my hyperlink is trying to pass some kind of argument,  
such as a link to a google map for example.  
in other words …

[COLOR=“Sienna”]this works:[/COLOR]  
[http://maps.google.com/](http://maps.google.com/)

[COLOR=“Sienna”]this doesn’t:[/COLOR]  
[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=10990&ie=UTF8&z=12&ll=41.270324,-74.360275&spn=0.118958,0.328217&om=1&iwloc=addr](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=10990&ie=UTF8&z=12&ll=41.270324,-74.360275&spn=0.118958,0.328217&om=1&iwloc=addr)

any help, suggestions further knowledge on the subject will make me and my client very happy. thanks.