SecurityElement.Escape(String) Method

public:
 static System::String ^ Escape(System::String ^ str);

public static string? Escape(string? str);

public static string Escape(string str);

static member Escape : string -> string

Public Shared Function Escape (str As String) As String

The input string with invalid characters replaced.

The following code shows the use of the Escape method to replace invalid XML characters in a string with their valid XML equivalent. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the SecurityElement class.

tagText = SecurityElement::Escape( tagText );

tagText = SecurityElement.Escape(tagText);

    tagText = SecurityElement.Escape(tagText)
End If

Use this method to replace invalid characters in a string before using the string in a SecurityElement. If invalid characters are used in a SecurityElement without being escaped, an ArgumentException is thrown.

The following table shows the invalid XML characters and their escaped equivalents.