HttpHost element (View)
Applies to: SharePoint 2016 | SharePoint Foundation 2013 | SharePoint Online | SharePoint Server 2013
Renders the URL to the Web application containing the current SharePoint website, such as http://server.
<HttpHost
HTMLEncode = "TRUE | "FALSE"
URLEncodeAsURL = "TRUE | "FALSE">
</HttpHost>
Elements and attributes
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| HTMLEncode |
Optional Boolean. TRUE to convert embedded characters so that they are displayed as text in the browser. In other words, characters that could be confused with HTML tags are converted to entities. |
| URLEncodeAsURL |
Optional Boolean. Like URLEncode, but TRUE to specify that the string to encode is a path component of a URL so that forward slashes (/) are not encoded. |
Child elements
None
Parent elements
Numerous
Occurrences
- Minimum: 0
- Maximum: Unbounded
Example
As an example, My server is <HttpHost/> returns the following: My server is http://someservername.com.
The following example constructs an opening <A> tag, using the HttpHost element to return the server path.
<HTML>
<![CDATA[ <a href=" ]]>
</HTML>
<HttpHost URLEncodeAsURL="TRUE" />
<LookupColumn URLEncodeAsURL="TRUE" />
<HTML>
<![CDATA[ "> ]]>
</HTML>