HtmlTextWriter.EncodeAttributeValue Method (HtmlTextWriterAttribute, String)

Encodes the value of the specified markup attribute based on the requirements of the HttpRequest object of the current context.

Namespace: System.Web.UI
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)

protected:
virtual String^ EncodeAttributeValue (
	HtmlTextWriterAttribute attrKey, 
	String^ value
)
protected String EncodeAttributeValue (
	HtmlTextWriterAttribute attrKey, 
	String value
)
protected function EncodeAttributeValue (
	attrKey : HtmlTextWriterAttribute, 
	value : String
) : String
Not applicable.

Parameters

attrKey

An HtmlTextWriterAttribute representing the markup attribute.

value

A string containing the attribute value to encode.

Return Value

A string containing the encoded attribute value.

The EncodeAttributeValue method removes double quotation marks ("), ampersands (&), and less than signs (<) so that invalid tags are not generated, regardless of the input. The actual encoding is performed by the HtmlAttributeEncode method.

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

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