Converting plain characters to HTML

[RFH Reseller: Rappie]

I am struggling with some plain character for XML use. I need to convert all the plain character in the their HTML format/code somehow. For example, the & character need to be converted to &.

Suggestions?

[Staff: Warren Ashcroft]

Look around for an HTMLEncode function in the language you are developing in, if it doesn't have one already.

Or if you are working with a flat XML file, there are some online HTMLEncode tools that you can use for each of the XML data entities - just search for them on Google.

[RFH Reseller: Rappie]

I’m developing in VB/ASP
So almost naturally started using server.HTMLEncode, but strangely it does not replace the plain characters to HTML code in my XML file. However, and this is even a bigger mystery to me, it does solve the errors created by special plain characters.

[RFH Reseller: askjim]

scrap coding in asp, use asp.net and then use xml namespace