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Hello All,

I am using an HtmlTextWriter to writer out some html. Prior to sending the
content to the text writer, HttpUtility.Htm lEncode the string. However, doing
so results in a string where "&" become "&amp;" and "<" becomes "<".

This is a problem because I am trying to actually write out html. Does
anyone know how I can solve this problem.

For example

HttpUtility.Htm lEncode("&Attri butes");

gives

"&&Attribut es"

after being written out by the HtmlTextWriter. The initial encoding results
in "&Attribute s". I just want it to be written out as "&Attribute s".
Decoding does something even weirder :)

Thanks for your help.
Feb 4 '08 #1
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Why do you use HtpUtility.Html Encode then??
Just do not use it when you outputing HTML
George
"rwoodruf" <rw******@discu ssions.microsof t.comwrote in message
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Hello All,

I am using an HtmlTextWriter to writer out some html. Prior to sending the
content to the text writer, HttpUtility.Htm lEncode the string. However,
doing
so results in a string where "&" become "&amp;" and "<" becomes "<".

This is a problem because I am trying to actually write out html. Does
anyone know how I can solve this problem.

For example

HttpUtility.Htm lEncode("&Attri butes");

gives

"&&Attribut es"

after being written out by the HtmlTextWriter. The initial encoding
results
in "&Attribute s". I just want it to be written out as "&Attribute s".
Decoding does something even weirder :)

Thanks for your help.

Feb 4 '08 #2
It seems that the HtmlTextWriter is automatically encoding the strings
because without the HttpUtility.Htm lEncode, the following:

"&Attribute s"

becomes

"&amp;Attribute s"

So, any help is appreciated. It looks like the HtmlTextWriter automatically
Html Encode's all strings.

-- Rodney

"George Ter-Saakov" wrote:
Why do you use HtpUtility.Html Encode then??
Just do not use it when you outputing HTML
George
"rwoodruf" <rw******@discu ssions.microsof t.comwrote in message
news:D5******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...
Hello All,

I am using an HtmlTextWriter to writer out some html. Prior to sending the
content to the text writer, HttpUtility.Htm lEncode the string. However,
doing
so results in a string where "&" become "&" and "<" becomes "<".

This is a problem because I am trying to actually write out html. Does
anyone know how I can solve this problem.

For example

HttpUtility.Htm lEncode("&Attri butes");

gives

"&&Attribut es"

after being written out by the HtmlTextWriter. The initial encoding
results
in "&Attribute s". I just want it to be written out as "&Attribute s".
Decoding does something even weirder :)

Thanks for your help.


Feb 4 '08 #3
"&"'s are only legal inside a CDATA, thats why they are automatically encoded
by the text writer.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)
"rwoodruf" wrote:
Hello All,

I am using an HtmlTextWriter to writer out some html. Prior to sending the
content to the text writer, HttpUtility.Htm lEncode the string. However, doing
so results in a string where "&" become "&" and "<" becomes "<".

This is a problem because I am trying to actually write out html. Does
anyone know how I can solve this problem.

For example

HttpUtility.Htm lEncode("&Attri butes");

gives

"&&Attribut es"

after being written out by the HtmlTextWriter. The initial encoding results
in "&Attribute s". I just want it to be written out as "&Attribute s".
Decoding does something even weirder :)

Thanks for your help.
Feb 4 '08 #4

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