Entity Decoding

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This example demonstrates how to decode entities in a VB string. (Using the free Chilkat XML ActiveX component)

    Dim x As New ChilkatXml
    
    ' When entity decoded, this message reads: Hello! <CopyRight><CRLF>ABC ZZZ ABC zzz
    x.LoadXml "<Row Message=""Hello! &copy;&#xD;&#xA;&#x41;&#x42;&#x43; ZZZ &#65;&#66;&#67; zzz"" />"

    Dim s As String
    
    ' Gets the string, but entities are not automatically decoded.
    s = x.GetAttrValue("Message")
    MsgBox s
    
    ' Decode the entities.  The decoded bytes are treated as ANSI characters
    ' and converted to Unicode and returned to the (Unicode) VB6 string.
    s = x.DecodeEntities(s)
    MsgBox s