HtmlEncode

Returns the HTML encoded form of the text that was passed in.

Some characters in HTML have special meaning and the browser does not render them literally.  For example, the browser interprets any text enclosed by angle brackets (< and >) as an HTML tag that describes the formatting of the text. To display HTML code literally, including all of the syntax, it must be HTML encoded when sent to the browser.  The application replaces certain characters that have special meaning in HTML with other characters.  For example, the application replaces a greater than sign (>) with &gt;, replaces the less than sign (<) with &lt;, and replaces the ampersand sign (&) with &amp;.

Syntax

HtmlEncode(text)

Enabled For

For a description of the business object categories, see Notes on "Enabled For".

Business Object Category	Yes/No
Business Rules: Before-Save Rules	Yes
Business Rules: Calculation Rules (After Save, with or without Also Recalculate on Load)	Yes
Business Rules: Calculation Rules (Before Save or Always, without Also Recalculate On Load)	Yes
Business Rules: Calculation Rules (Before Save or Always, with Recalculate On Load)	Yes
Business Rules: Editing Rules	Yes
Business Rules: Initialization Rules	Yes
Business Rules: Read Only Rules	Yes
Business Rules: Required Rules	Yes
Business Rules: Validation Rules	Yes
Client Expressions	Yes
Object Permissions	No
Services	Yes
LDAP	Yes
Mobile	Yes
Quick Actions (except UI Quick Actions)	Yes
UI Quick Actions	Yes
Reports	Yes
Search/Dashboard without field references	Yes
Search/Dashboard with field references	No

Parameters

text	The text to encode.

Return Value

Unicode text value.

Example

$(HtmlEncode("Put <bold> before the text & </bold> after the text to make it bold."))

The example above returns this:  "Put &lt;bold&gt; before the text &amp; &lt;/bold&gt; after the text to make it bold."