how to delimit html markup characters for a web control

[Tim Zych]

I have a code library that I developed in ASP.Net. The code displays in a
web form via a System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label.

It works well because I can search for code snippets and then highlight the
searched results by wrapping color tags around them much like the result
google provides when you search.

However, I tried to save the function I used to perform that action, and it
has characters such as "<", "/" and ">", and the control doesn't display
them. I suppose it's interpreting them as html and applying them to the html
control.

How do I display markup characters in a web control? Is there some sort of
delimiter? I know next to nothing about html.

thanks

[Chris R. Timmons]

"Tim Zych" <tz*************@earthNOSPAMlink.net> wrote in
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I have a code library that I developed in ASP.Net. The code
displays in a web form via a System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label.

It works well because I can search for code snippets and then
highlight the searched results by wrapping color tags around
them much like the result google provides when you search.

However, I tried to save the function I used to perform that
action, and it has characters such as "<", "/" and ">", and the
control doesn't display them. I suppose it's interpreting them
as html and applying them to the html control.

How do I display markup characters in a web control? Is there
some sort of delimiter? I know next to nothing about html.

Tim,

Use HttpUtility.HtmlEncode to convert characters like "<", "/" and
">" to their "displayable" equivalents (&lt; for <, &gt; for >, etc.)

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Hope this helps.

Chris.
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C.R. Timmons Consulting, Inc.
http://www.crtimmonsinc.com/

[Tim Zych]

thanks!

"Chris R. Timmons" <crtimmons@X_NOSPAM_Xcrtimmonsinc.com> wrote in message
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"Tim Zych" <tz*************@earthNOSPAMlink.net> wrote in
news:uT**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl:

I have a code library that I developed in ASP.Net. The code
displays in a web form via a System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label.

It works well because I can search for code snippets and then
highlight the searched results by wrapping color tags around
them much like the result google provides when you search.

However, I tried to save the function I used to perform that
action, and it has characters such as "<", "/" and ">", and the
control doesn't display them. I suppose it's interpreting them
as html and applying them to the html control.

How do I display markup characters in a web control? Is there
some sort of delimiter? I know next to nothing about html.

Tim,

Use HttpUtility.HtmlEncode to convert characters like "<", "/" and
">" to their "displayable" equivalents (&lt; for <, &gt; for >, etc.)

--
Hope this helps.

Chris.
-------------
C.R. Timmons Consulting, Inc.
http://www.crtimmonsinc.com/