Issue with dynamically adding nodes to treeview with node value contains '<'

[Somnath]

Hi ,

I am treeview control.
I am adding nodes dynamically using following code.
Nodes are actually database column names.

RadTreeNode tnAttr = new RadTreeNode(attr.Name); // Here attr.Name is "Category<ID"

tnAttr.ToolTip = attr.LongDescription;


 

treeViewDimension.Nodes.Add(tnAttr);

In Internet Explorer 8 i am getting scriptresource error ,hence the node is not visible in treeview but it generating space .

while in Firefox it is working but text is cutting down to "Category".

This is hapening when we are sending node values contains "<".

Please suggest for same .We need to allow '<' character in treeview

[sitefinitysteve]

Try this

string category = HttpContext.Current.Server.HtmlEncode(attr.Name); //It's in System.Web if you dont have a reference

RadTreeNode tnAttr = new RadTreeNode(category);
tnAttr.ToolTip = HttpContext.Current.Server.HtmlEncode(attr.LongDescription);

treeViewDimension.Nodes.Add(tnAttr);

HttpContext.Current.Server.HtmlEncode should encode the special characters for you so they're actually coming out as characters like these...but the browser renders them normally.