SPEncode.HtmlEncode method

Encodes the specified string so that special characters used in HTML are encoded as HTML entities.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function HtmlEncode ( _
    str As String _
) As String
'Usage
Dim str As String
Dim returnValue As String

returnValue = SPEncode.HtmlEncode(str)

public static string HtmlEncode(
    string str
)

Parameters

• str
  Type: System.String

  The string to encode.

Return value

Type: System.String
The encoded version of the string that is passed to the method.

Remarks

The HtmlEncode method converts characters to entities as follows:

• < to &lt;

• > to &gt;

• & to &amp;

• " to &quot;

• ' to &#39;

See also

Reference

SPEncode class

SPEncode members

Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities namespace