This documentation is archived and is not being maintained.

HtmlTextWriter::WriteEncodedText Method

Encodes the specified text for the requesting device, and then writes it to the output stream.

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

public:
virtual void WriteEncodedText(
	String^ text
)

Parameters

text
Type: System::String

The text string to encode and write to the output stream.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

text is nullptr.

Use the WriteEncodedText method when a string contains angle brackets (< or >) or an ampersand (&).

The WriteEncodedText method uses the HtmlEncode method to perform the encoding and also converts Unicode character 00A0 to &nbsp;.

The following code example shows how to use the WriteEncodedText method to write the encoded markup &lt;custID&gt; &amp; &lt;invoice#&gt; to the output stream. The WriteBreak method writes <br />.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
Show: