HTML.Encode localization with ASP.NET MVC

Question

How can I escape localized string encoding:

<%= Html.Encode("ÆØÅ") %> from rendering  &#198;&#216;&#197;

is there another way to encode localized strings?

Steve Willcock · Accepted Answer · 2009-04-25 13:15:49Z

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That's being encoded twice - are you using this in a HtmlHelper call?

// this will display&#198;&#216;&#197; as Html.TextBox encodes the
// value passed to it so it's encoded twice in this line
<%=Html.TextBox("sdfsdf", Html.Encode("ÆØÅ"))%><br />

// this will display ÆØÅ
<%= Html.Encode("ÆØÅ") %><br />

// As will this
<%=Html.TextBox("sdfsdf", "ÆØÅ")%><br />

answered Apr 25, 2009 at 13:15

Steve Willcock

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Steve Willcock Over a year ago

Hmm - this works fine for me: <%= Html.ActionLink("ÆØÅ", "Details")%> Not sure why it's not working for you, thats odd..

tomo Over a year ago

BTW: there's bug in MVC View file template. It's saved without BOM, so if you plan to use it as UTF-8 then I recommend to save as UTF-8 with BOM. Otherwise it will use system default encoding.

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