VB.NET

Decode HTML Entities found in XML

Demonstrates how to decode HTML entities found in XML. VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

' Load an XML file containing the following:

' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
' <output>Franz&#xf6;sische</output> 

Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
success = xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/xml/hasHtmlEntity.xml")

' Get non-decoded content, then get decoded content.

' Result is Franz&#xf6;sische
Debug.WriteLine(xml.Content)

' Result is Französische
Dim strDecoded As String = xml.DecodeEntities(xml.Content)
Debug.WriteLine(strDecoded)