[RESOLVED] Display special characters in text

I have created a series of buttons in C# and would like to make sure their text, which consists of special characters, is displayed properly in every browser. I tried using HTML characters as text but these were read as a string as opposed to as HTML. How can I do this?

protected void CreateButton()
{
btnSkill = new Button();
btnSkill.Text = "display this German symbol: ä"; // PROBLEM HERE!
}


Thank you very much in advance!

Hello,

I tried something similar on a label. I've attached a screen shot. What is going wrong with yours? Here's my code:

Code:

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    protected void Page_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        testLabel.Text = "display this German symbol: ä";
    }

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by stephsh

protected void CreateButton()
{
btnSkill = new Button();
btnSkill.Text = "display this German symbol: ä"; // PROBLEM HERE!
}

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Looks like you want tou create a new button, but it is never added to the Page.Controls

Code:

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Page.Controls.Add(btnSkill);

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Thank you for your answers.

My button successfully displays text, it just doesn't convert the HTML code to text. It is strange that nelo's does.... Here is a screenshot:

Hi stephsh,

I've also tried it in firefox without any problem. Do you mind posting the exact portion of the code you have? I'll try it out on my side.

I am going to have a problem posting my full code since I am importing the text as a string from a Webservice which in turns imports it from a database.

This is the method which generates the buttons' text:

Code:

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        protected void CreateTblMainSkill()
        {
            int i = 0;

            // Creates a cell with a skill in each row
            foreach(object skill in criterium)
            {
                btnSkill = new Button();
                cellSkill = new TableCell();
                rowSkill = new TableRow();

                btnSkill.ID = Convert.ToString(criterium[i].ID);
                btnSkill.Text = criterium[i].Skill; // PROBLEM LIES HERE!!!!!
                btnSkill.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Transparent;
                btnSkill.BorderColor = System.Drawing.Color.Transparent;
                cellSkill.Controls.Add(btnSkill);
                rowSkill.Controls.Add(cellSkill);

                // On button click display side table for desired skill
                btnSkill.Click += new EventHandler(btnSkill_CheckedChanged);

                // For every skill add rbtn for each ENumGrade
                for (int c = 0; c < eNumGradesList.Length; c++)
                {
                    cellRbtn = new TableCell();
                    rbtnSkill = new RadioButton();
                    rbtnSkill.ID = Convert.ToString(criterium[i].ID) + "eNumGrade" + c;
                    rbtnSkill.Checked = false;
                    rbtnSkill.GroupName = Convert.ToString(criterium[i].Skill);
                    cellRbtn.Controls.Add(rbtnSkill);
                    cellRbtn.BorderColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue;
                    rowSkill.Controls.Add(cellRbtn);
                }
                // Add the following rows to the stage
                tblMain.Rows.Add(rowSkill);

                i++;
            }
        }

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The skill name to be displayed on the button (i.e. criterium[i].Skill) is generated here:

Code:

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        protected void GetCriterium()
        {
            try
            {
                criterium = WebServiceConnection.webService.getAllCriteria();
            }
            catch (UnauthorizedAccessException)
            {
                Azubiportal.ErrorPage.SetError("UnauthorizedAccessException");
                errorPage.DisplayErrorMsg();
            }
            catch (IndexOutOfRangeException)
            {
                Azubiportal.ErrorPage.SetError("IndexOutOfRangeException");
                errorPage.DisplayErrorMsg();
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                errorPage.DisplayErrorMsg();
            }
        }

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In the database the skill names are displayed as nvarchar(50) under the field name KENNTNISSE as follows (check screenshot):

Ok...it looks like the button behaves differently from a label. Try this...

Code:

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    protected void Page_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        String text = "display this German symbol: ä";
        testButton2.Text = Server.HtmlDecode(text);
    }

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Thank you!!!!!