How to use HtmlEncode with TemplateFields, Data Binding, and a GridView

Question

I have a GridView bound to an ObjectDataSource. I\'ve got it supporting editing as well, which works just fine. However, I\'d like to safely HtmlEncode text that is displa

Answer 1

This is now possible to do using the new HTML encoding databinding syntax introduced in ASP.NET 4.

You can simply use:

<%#: Eval("MyField") %>

Or

<%#: Bind("MyField") %>

Note the colon after the pound/hash sign It's as simple as that.