HttpUtility.HtmlEncode Method

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[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Converts a text string into an HTML-encoded string.

Namespace:  System.Net
Assembly:  System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

Syntax

Public Shared Function HtmlEncode ( _
    html As String _
) As String

public static string HtmlEncode(
    string html
)

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System..::.String
An HTML-encoded string.

Remarks

An HTML document consists of text and control characters. Control characters cannot be displayed directly unless they are HTML-encoded.

For example, to display the character < (less than sign) in your HTML document, you must use the character sequence &lt;. Otherwise, it will be interpreted as the beginning of an HTML tag.

This method performs the following conversions to character-entity equivalents:

  • < to &lt;

  • > to &gt;

  • & to &amp;

  • " to &quot;

Version Information

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Platforms

Windows Phone

See Also

Reference

HttpUtility Class

System.Net Namespace