HtmlTextWriter.WriteEncodedText(String) Method
Definition
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Encodes the specified text for the requesting device, and then writes it to the output stream.
public:
virtual void WriteEncodedText(System::String ^ text);public virtual void WriteEncodedText (string text);abstract member WriteEncodedText : string -> unit
override this.WriteEncodedText : string -> unitPublic Overridable Sub WriteEncodedText (text As String)Parameters
- text
- String
The text string to encode and write to the output stream.
Exceptions
text is null.
Examples
The following code example shows how to use the WriteEncodedText method to write the encoded markup <custID> & <invoice#> to the output stream. The WriteBreak method writes <br />.
// Assign a value to a string variable,
// encode it, and write it to a page.
colHeads = "<custID> & <invoice#>";
writer.WriteEncodedText(colHeads);
writer.WriteBreak();
' Assign a value to a string variable,
' encode it, and write it to a page.
colHeads = "<custID> & <invoice#>"
writer.WriteEncodedText(colHeads)
writer.WriteBreak()
Remarks
Use the WriteEncodedText method when a string contains angle brackets (< or >) or an ampersand (&).
The WriteEncodedText method uses the HtmlEncode method to perform the encoding and also converts Unicode character 00A0 to .
