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.NET Framework Class Library
HttpResponse..::.Output Property

Enables output of text to the outgoing HTTP response stream.

Namespace: System.Web
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Syntax
Public Property Output As TextWriter
public TextWriter Output { get; set; }
public:
property TextWriter^ Output {
	TextWriter^ get ();
	void set (TextWriter^ value);
}
member Output : TextWriter with get, set

Property Value

Type: System.IO..::.TextWriter
A TextWriter object that enables custom output to the client.
Examples

The following example is an ASP.NET page that contains a TextBox control that has its TextMode property set to MultiLine. The page's code takes the text that a user enters in the TextMode, uses the HtmlEncode method to HTML encode it, and the Output property to display the encoded string to the page.


<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

    ' When the page is posted back, the text box's 
    ' Text property value is HTML encoded and sent
    ' sent to the current response.
    Private Sub btnSubmit_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        If (IsPostBack = True)
            Server.HtmlEncode(txtSubmitString.Text, Response.Output)
        End If
    End Sub

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <p style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:12">
            Enter your comments here:
        </p>
        <p>
            <asp:TextBox id="txtSubmitString" runat="server" Width="181px" TextMode="MultiLine"></asp:TextBox>
        </p>
        <p>
            <asp:Button id="btnSubmit" onclick="btnSubmit_Click" runat="server" Text="Submit"></asp:Button>
        </p>
        <p>
            <asp:Label id="lblEncodedString" runat="server"></asp:Label>
        </p>

    </form>
</body>
</html>


<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

    // When the page is posted back, the text box's 
    // Text property value is HTML encoded and sent
    // sent to the current Response.
    void btnSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {

        if (IsPostBack)
        {
            Server.HtmlEncode(txtSubmitString.Text, Response.Output);
        }
    }

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <p style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:12">
            Enter your comments here:
        </p>
        <p>
            <asp:TextBox id="txtSubmitString" runat="server" Width="181px" TextMode="MultiLine"></asp:TextBox>
        </p>
        <p>
            <asp:Button id="btnSubmit" onclick="btnSubmit_Click" runat="server" Text="Submit"></asp:Button>
        </p>
        <p>
            <asp:Label id="lblEncodedString" runat="server"></asp:Label>
        </p>
    </form>
</body>
</html>


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.