HTML hyperlink stops at spaces in filepath - html

Question

When sending an email via a VBA code I have written, the filepath being sent in the body of the email stops at the first space. I believe I have the right amount of quotations around it, but its still coming up short.
Also, is anyone aware of a quick fix so that it includes the signature of the user sending the email?
Dim OutApp As Object
Dim OutMail As Object
Dim cell As Range
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Set OutApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
On Error GoTo Cleanup
For Each cell In Columns("M").Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants)
If LCase(Cells(cell.Row, "M").Value) = "no" Then
Set OutMail = OutApp.CreateItem(0)
strbody = "Dear " & Cells(cell.Row, "A").Value _
& "<br>" & "<br>" & _
"You still have outstanding work on the Rescan Spreadsheet " & _
" Title number: " & Cells(cell.Row, "E").Value _
& "<br>" & "<br>" _
& "Click here to open file location"
On Error Resume Next
With OutMail
.To = Cells(cell.Row, "B").Value
.CC = "Bethany.Turner#Landregistry.Gov.uk"
.Subject = "Re-Scan Reminder"
.HTMLbody = strbody
.Display
End With
On Error GoTo 0
Set OutMail = Nothing
End If
Next cell
Cleanup:
Set OutApp = Nothing
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
MsgBox "Reminder Sent", vbOKOnly
End Sub
Following the display of the message, when you click the hyperlink, it stops and provides an error message saying \\cv-vfl-d01\dlr_office\Operational cannot be located.

Answer 1

You don't need to use ampersands between the href= and the file name, but you do need to add an extra double-quote:
"<A href=""\\cv-vfl-d01\dlr_office\Operational Teams\RR Scanning Team\" & _
"Back file QA Xerox\Document Rescans\Rescans 2019"">Click here to open file location</A>"
HTML requires the url to have quotation marks around the link. If this was a normal string in HTML it would look like:
My link name
Alternatively, you can use the Chr() function to place the double-quote character in your string if it helps you:
"<A href=" & Chr$(34) & "\\cv-vfl-d01\dlr_office\...