strip the special characters from dynamic columns with HTMLTextBox

[Jonam]


textBoxTable = new Telerik.Reporting.HtmlTextBox();

                textBoxTable.Style.BorderColor.Default = Color.Black;

                textBoxTable.Style.BorderStyle.Default = BorderType.Solid;

                textBoxTable.Value = "=Fields." + dc.ColumnName;

i create dynamic columns with the code above. But when the value of a row has the '&' character it displays the error. "Error occured while processing HTMLTextBox". How can i avoid this error without changing the values that are stored in the database from & to &.

greetings Jonam

[Steve]

Hello Jonam,

Your question has already been answered in the other forum thread you've posted to.

Sincerely yours,
Steve
the Telerik team

[AkAlan]

I'm having the same issue. Could you at least add the referenced post to this one.

[Steve]

Hello AkAlan,

This is expected behavior. As outlined in the HtmlTextBox help article, we expect valid XHTML, and the "&" character is considered special (markup delimiter), so it needs to be encoded in order to be treated as regular text (the "&" character can be escaped with the "&" entity). It is good idea to do this in your data, as otherwise you would have to parse the data in your code, which is not recommended. Check the XHTML Validation help article elaborates on how you can handle exceptions caused by invalid XHTML.

Best wishes,
Steve
the Telerik team