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>

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