HttpServerUtility::HtmlEncode Method (String^)
HTML-encodes a string and returns the encoded string.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Parameters
- s
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Type:
System::String^
The text string to encode.
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 < and >, which causes the browser to display the less than sign and greater than sign correctly.
This method is a convenient way to access the HttpUtility::HtmlEncode method at run time from an ASP.NET application. Internally, this method uses HttpUtility::HtmlEncode to encode strings.
In the code-behind file for an ASP.NET web page, access an instance of the HttpServerUtility class through the Server property. In a class that is not in a code-behind file, use HttpContext.Current.Server to access an instance of the HttpServerUtility class.
Outside of a web application, use the WebUtility class to encode or decode values.
The following example shows how to HTML-encode a value that potentially codes unsafe code. The code resides in the code-behind file for a web page. The value to encode is hard-coded in this example only to simplify the example and show the type of value you might HTML-encode. Typically, you would HTML-encode a value that you received from the user or the request. Result refers to a Literal control.
Available since 1.1