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        Server Object
 Server.HTMLEncode Method
  
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 Server.URLEncode Method
  
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Server Object

Server object also provides some utility functions on the server.

Server.HTMLEncode Method

Server.HTMLEncode Method encodes and converts the specified string according to the HTML encoding rules.

Syntax:

HTMLEncode(
string
)

Or in an ASP file. Imply

<% Server.HTMLEncode(string) %>

Parameters:

string

The paramete "string" specifies the string to encode.

Return Values:

The HTMLEncoded string.

Remarks:

The Server.HTMLEncode Method can be used to encode data for converting potentially unsafe characters to their HTML-encoded equivalent.

If the string to be encode is not double-byte character set (DBCS), HTMLEncode converts characters as following:

Less-than character (<) to "<"
Greater-than character (>) to ">"
Ampersand character (&) to "&"
Double-quote character (") to """
ASCII code character <number> greater-than or equal to 0x80 to &#<number>, where <number> is the ASCII character value.

If the string to be encode is double-byte character set (DBCS), HTMLEncode converts characters as following:

All extended character are converted
ASCII code character <number> greater-than or equal to 0x80 to &#<number>, where <number> is the ASCII character value.
Half-width Katakana characters in the Japanese code page are not converted.

The encoded code will be displayed by a Web browser. And the encoded HTML page can be displayed when opened the page file as a text file.

Examples:

To display a "HTML tag" on a page by encode the HTML tag using Server.HTMLEncode

ASP script command:

<%
Response.Write Server.HTMLEncode("Encoded tag.")
Response.Write ("Normal tag.")
%> %>

HTTP response output:

This is Output
Normal tag.

HTML web page ouput
This is Output
Normal tag.

Server.URLEncode Method

Server.URLEncode Method encodes and converts the specified string according to the URL encoding rules including escape characters .

Syntax:

URLEncode(
string
)

Or in an ASP file. Imply

<% Server.URLEncode(string) %>

Parameters:

string

The paramete "string" specifies the string to encode.

Return Values:

The URLEncoded string.

Remarks:

The Server.URLEncode Method can be used to encode data for converting characters as following:

Space character ( ) to plus sign (+)
Non-alphanumeric character are escaped to their hexadecimal representation.

Examples:

To display a encoded HTTP request on a page by using Server.URLEncode

ASP VbScript Command:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Sample Page</title>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
    </head>
    <body>
<% Response.Write Server.URLEncode("http://www.output.to") %>
    </body>
</html>

HTTP Response Output:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Sample Page</title>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
    </head>
    <body>
http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eoutput%2Eto
    </body>
</html>

HTML Web Page Embedded Output:

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Server Object (IIS), , http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms525541(v=vs.90).aspx
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