HttpUtility.HtmlEncode Method (String, TextWriter) (System.Web)

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HttpUtility.HtmlEncode Method (String, TextWriter)

Converts a string into an HTML-encoded string, and returns the output as a TextWriter stream of output.

Namespace:  System.Web
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Shared Sub HtmlEncode ( _
	s As String, _
	output As TextWriter _
)
C#
public static void HtmlEncode(
	string s,
	TextWriter output
)
Visual C++
public:
static void HtmlEncode(
	String^ s, 
	TextWriter^ output
)
F#
static member HtmlEncode : 
        s:string * 
        output:TextWriter -> unit 

Parameters

s
Type: System.String
The string to encode
output
Type: System.IO.TextWriter
A TextWriter output stream.
Remarks

If characters such as blanks and punctuation are passed in an HTTP stream, they might be misinterpreted at the receiving end. HTML encoding converts characters that are not allowed in HTML into character-entity equivalents; HTML decoding reverses the encoding. For example, when embedded in a block of text, the characters < and >, are encoded as &lt; and &gt; for HTTP transmission.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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Throws ArgumentNullException
Throws ArgumentNullException when s is not a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) and output is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).