I am inserting text into an open XML document. The text I retrieve and insert into the document contains HTML formatting, i.e < p >some text< / p > < p >More text< / p > thus the inserted text inside word gets this as text. Can text with HTML get cast to something open XML documents will understand ?
1 Answer
New answer:
There is actually a project on codeplex that does exactly what you are looking for.
See here the project here:
Html to OpenXml on codeplex
However; if the formatting (headings/paragraphs etc...) are not important you can just strip the HTML-tags entirely.
Here is a tutorial on how to do that:
C# Remove HTML Tags
Old answer (OP worded his question a bit odd, and i misunderstood):
What you need to do is encode your HTML-code somehow; you could use base64 or whatever floats your boat. "Simple" HTML-encoding would probably be the best course of action here.
This way the HTML will not break your XML.
ASP.NET has support for this; but you can do it in any application by importing the required namespace.
Here's an example. HtmlEncode from Class Library
4 Comments
Ilyas
Hi. I get this result <p>some textt. </p><p> This wasn't very XML friendly :) . I used this class: string TestString = "This is a <Test String>."; string EncodedString = System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(TestString);
mausworks
Yes. That can safely be stored in your XML and then be decoded when you need it. :)
Ilyas
I need to decoded it right away :), I developed a button, and on button click an open XML (ms word) document is generated. I create a document using memory stream and write text to on the fly. The strings that I write to the generated document have html formatting. I have tried to remove the formatting by using HthmlEncode class as suggested and tried to strip the html. If i strip the html, the tags are removed, and then I loose the space between paragraphs. If I use HthmlEncode I get special characters in the document. All I want is to have some formatting open XML (Word) can understand.
mausworks
Ah, I think i have misunderstood you, and you have misunderstood XML. I will update my answer accordingly.