Programming ColdFusion MX, 2nd Edition

Name

HTMLCodeFormat

Synopsis

                  HTMLCodeFormat(string [, htmlversion])

Returns string enclosed in <pre> and </pre> tags with all carriage returns removed and special characters (<, >, ", and &) escaped. The HTML version to use for character-escape sequences can be specified using the optional htmlversion parameter. Valid entries are -1 (current HTML version), 2.0 (HTML 2.0, default), and 3.2 (HTML 3.0). Example:

<cfset MyString="<h3>This is an example of the HTMLCodeFormat function.</h3>
View the source of this document to see the escaping of the HTML characters.">
   
<cfoutput>#HTMLCodeFormat(MyString)#</cfoutput>