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[Encode_HTML]

Tag Link [Encode_HTML] Category Encoding
Type Substitution Source Available No
Support Preferred Version 2.5
Change Unchanged Data Source Any
Output Type String Security None
Implementation LCAPI Sets Lasso 8.5, Lasso 8.0, Lasso 7.0, Lasso 6.0, Lasso 5.0, Lasso 3.x, Lasso 2.5

Description

[Encode_HTML] takes a single argument which is a string to be encoded. It encodes any HTML reserved or illegal characters in the string into HTML entities.

This tag ensures that text will display with high fidelity in a Web browser. Any angle brackets will be encoded as HTML entitities so they are not mistaken for HTML markup. Any high-ASCII characters will be encoded as HTML entitites so they display in Web browsers on any platform.

Note: This tag performs the same encoding as the -EncodeHTML keyword.

Syntax

[Encode_HTML: 'Encoding Value']

Parameters

Required Parameters
Encoding Value The specified value will have -EncodeHTML encoding applied.

Examples

To encode text using HTML encoding:

Use the [Encode_HTML] tag. The following example encodes a string using HTML encoding to demonstrate what characters are replaced by HTML entitites. The less than and greater than symbols in the bold tags are replaced by HTML entities.

[Encode_HTML: '<b>mañana</b>']

&#60;b&#62;ma&#241;ana&#60;/b&#62;