[thelist] .NET [C#], DropDownList, HTMLEncode

Chris at globet.com Chris at globet.com
Thu Sep 7 07:24:28 CDT 2006


Guys

Thanks for the responses. I haven't had time to address this particular
problem any further, but I'll post if I find a solution. I understand
what you're saying, but I still don't see why ampersands would (or
should) be HTML encoded. Unfortunately I cannot change the string that
I'm using, as it comes from a database. I get the same issue whether or
not I use the string from the database or hard-code it as a string
literal.

Anyway, thanks again.

> I think Matt is right.
> 
> > I am not a .NET guy, but nothing I can find in the docs 
> suggests that 
> > the string passed to the constructor will be interpreted as 
> markup. I 
> > suspect it is simply a string of characters. If they are characters 
> > you can't figure out how to type or otherwise can't declare them 
> > literally, you will need to represent them another way. 
> Most languages 
> > have something like chr(10) and such, to convert from ascii (or
> > other) code to the character.
> 
> You could try using Server.HtmlDecode()? I haven't tested it 
> but it might be worth a go. This assumes your code is within 
> a class that derives from Page (i.e. within the code-behind 
> of a web page):
> 
> 	DropDownList languageDropDownList = new DropDownList();
> 
> 	string s = "Ελληνικά";
> 	this.languageDropDownList.Items.Add(new
> ListItem(Server.HtmlDecode(s), "gr"));

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