HTML in C# just prints it as text in HTML file and not html code

[Sl1ver]

i have this in my C#

 
sData +=    "<div id=\"div1\"> " +
            "<img src=\"http://www.system.pushplay.co.za/images/covers/big/big_<%=vcimagename %>\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" /> " +
            "</div>" +
            "<div id=\"div2\"> " +
            "<table> " +
            "<tr>" +
            "<td> " +
            "<%=vctitlename.Replace(\"@\",\"<br/>\") %>(<%=vccertificate %>)&nbsp;<%=intyear %>  " +
            "</td> " +
            "</tr> " +
            "<tr> " +
            "<td> " +
            "Starring: <%=titleactorlist %> " +
            "</td> " +
            "</tr> " +
            "<tr> " +
            "<td> " +
            "<%=vcshortdesc%><br /> " +
            "</td> " +
            "</tr> " +
            "</table> "+
            "</div> " ;
 
            encodedHtml = Server.HtmlEncode(sData);
 

The problem is it prints it as text in the html file instead of actually making it html so that i see the page properly.

This is what i see as a "string" once the html page is loaded

<div id="div1"> <img src="http://www.system.pushplay.co.za/images/covers/big/big_<%=vcimagename %>" width="80" height="100" /> </div><div id="div2"> <table> <tr><td> <%=vctitlename.Replace("@","<br/>") %>(<%=vccertificate %>)&nbsp;<%=intyear %> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Starring: <%=titleactorlist %> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <%=vcshortdesc%><br /> </td> </tr> </table> </div>

[Frinavale]

ASP.NET automatically does this for you because it wants to make sure that HTML isn't inserted into the page by accident. You need to turn encoding off for that control.

Why oh why would you take this approach though??
It would make a lot more sense to use a proper Repeater or Table or GridView or some other control...

-Frinny