Display result in browser

Question

I need to write a java client that sends a query to server and display result in browser. I intend to call from the client the command 'cmd.exe /c start url' which will send a http request and bring up a browser for the result. But somehow if the url has more than one query argument, for example -- "http://hostname/test?node1=abc&node2=123", only everything before the "&" is taken, i.e. "http://hostname/test?node1=abc".
Another approach would be to do it step by step, send a regular http request, either the server or the client save the result to a file, then call 'cmd.exe /c start file_location'.
Does anyone have any better idea to work this out or why 'start url' wouldn't work? thanks.

Answer 1

The command interpreter (cmd.exe) is interpreting the "&" and thus, is dropping everything after it.
e.g. Try this from a DOS prompt:
cls&echo hey
You get a clear screen, with "hey" at the top, and then the prompt.
Similarly, try this:
cmd.exe rem hello&echo goodbye
You get a new command prompt. Fine. Now exit that, and you get "goodbye" on the screen because that command was still queued up.
Maybe try using the hex equivalent for the "&" character?
Hope that sheds a little light - good luck!
Regards,
Nate