HTMLencode HTMLdecode

Question

I have a text area and I want to store the text entered by user in database with html formatting like paragraph break, numbered list. I am using HTMLencode and HTMLdecode fo

Answer 1

The simple solution would be to do:

string str1 = Server.HtmlEncode(TextBox1.Text).Replace("\r\n", "
");

This is assuming that you only care about getting the right
tags in place. If you want a real formatter you will need a library like Aaronaught suggested.