Util.HtmlEncode Method
The HtmlEncode method applies HTML encoding to a string to
prevent a special character to be interpreted as an HTML tag.
This method is useful for displaying text that may contain "special" HTML
characters such as quotes, angle brackets and other characters by the HTML language.
This is the equivalent of Server.HtmlEncode in ASP.
| Character |
Converted To |
" {double quote} |
" |
' {apostrophe / single quote } |
' 1 |
& |
& |
< |
< |
> |
> |
| {space} |
2 |
| {tab} |
|
| {return} / {linefeed} |
<br /> 3 |
1. The apostrophe should be encoded to
the entity ' however Internet Explorer does not recognize this
entity. As a result, the apostrophe is encoded using its numeric
code point #39.
2. A Single space is not coded to the
entity . If more than one consecutive space is
encountered, then all spaces after the first space character are
converted to .
3. Any carriage return - linefeed (CRLF)
combination is converted to a single HTML <br /> tag. Thus a
{return-linefeed} sequence is converted to <br />, but a {return}{return}
sequence is converted to <br /><br />. For compatibility with existing browser, the Break
tag is written as <br /> rather than <br/>
or <br>. Most browser will accept all three
forms, however some web browsers may not like the <br/>
tag. The <br> tag
is not recommended because it is not XML/XHTML
compatible.
Usage:
You should use the HtmlEncode method each time you want
to display text from the genealogy tree such as a name, comment or any other
data field. The HtmlEncode method may be used to create HTML
hyperlinks. strName = Util.HtmlEncode(i.name)
Report.Write strName
Tip:
The report generator has the method
Report.WriteText(str) method which does the HTML encoding
automatically.
See Also:
HtmlDecode
FormatString /w {&t}
encoding
Report.WriteText
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