HttpServerUtility.HtmlEncode Method (String)

HTML encoding makes sure that text is displayed correctly in the browser and not interpreted by the browser as HTML. For example, if a text string contains a less than sign (<) or greater than sign (>), the browser would interpret these characters as the opening or closing bracket of an HTML tag. When the characters are HTML encoded, they are converted to the strings &lt; and &gt;, which causes the browser to display the less than sign and greater than sign correctly.

The HtmlEncode method is a convenient way to access the HttpUtility.HtmlEncode method at run time from an ASP.NET application. Internally, HtmlEncode uses HttpUtility.HtmlEncode to encode strings.

The following example encodes a string for transmission by HTTP. It encodes the string named TestString, which contains the text "This is a <Test String>.", and copies it into the string named EncodedString as "This is a &lt;Test String&gt;.".

String TestString = "This is a <Test String>.";
String EncodedString = Server.HtmlEncode(TestString);
   

.NET Framework

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

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