HttpUtility.HtmlEncode Method
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Converts a text string into an HTML-encoded string.
Namespace: System.Net
Assembly: System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<SecuritySafeCriticalAttribute> _
Public Shared Function HtmlEncode ( _
html As String _
) As String
[SecuritySafeCriticalAttribute]
public static string HtmlEncode(
string html
)
Parameters
- html
Type: System.String
The text to HTML-encode.
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 <. Otherwise, it will be interpreted as the beginning of an HTML tag.
This method performs the following conversions to character-entity equivalents:
< to <
> to >
& to &
" to "
Version Information
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.