stringbuilder help

[Aaron]

Dim sbRegX As New StringBuilder(HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(txtComments.Text))

sbRegX.Replace("&lt;a&gt;", "<a>")

sbRegX.Replace("&lt;/a&gt;", "")



How do I get the attributes of href and target to be encoded?

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Dim sbRegX As New StringBuilder(HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(txtComments.Text))
sbRegX.Replace("&lt;a&gt;", "<a>")
sbRegX.Replace("&lt;/a&gt;", "")

How do I get the attributes of href and target to be encoded?

Encoded as what?

 

[Aaron]

Herfried,

I have a text box that could have <a href="yahoo.com"
target="_new">yahoo</a>

With just
sbRegX.Replace("&lt;a&gt;", "<a>")
sbRegX.Replace("&lt;/a&gt;", ""</a>)

The output is
<a href="yahoo.com" target="_blank">Yahoo
and the data looks like this
&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;yahoo.com&amp;quot;
target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Yahoo&lt;/a&gt;,



I need it to look like http://www.yahoo.com with it in a new window.

TIA

Aaron

 

[S. Justin Gengo [MCP]]

Aaron,

You'll be looking for Server.HtmlEncode and Server.HtmlDecode. You may also
want to experiment (depending on all the uses of the input text) with
Sever.UrlEncode and Server.UrlDecode.

--
Sincerely,

S. Justin Gengo, MCP
Web Developer / Programmer

www.aboutfortunate.com

"Out of chaos comes order."
Nietzsche

Herfried,

I have a text box that could have <a href="yahoo.com"
target="_new">yahoo</a>

With just
sbRegX.Replace("&lt;a&gt;", "<a>")
sbRegX.Replace("&lt;/a&gt;", ""</a>)

The output is
<a href="yahoo.com" target="_blank">Yahoo
and the data looks like this
&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;yahoo.com&amp;quot;
target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Yahoo&lt;/a&gt;,



I need it to look like http://www.yahoo.com with it in a new window.

TIA

Aaron