XML encoding a string

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XML strings must be encoded to conform to standards. Unfortunately, in Domino there are no XML encoding functions like @URLEncode.

The code below is a LotusScript version of this function. It encodes the five specific entities into their XML encoded ones. For all characters outside of the basic ACII, set it to encode these with the character code.

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1. "&" must be converted to "&"
2. "<" must be converted to "&lt;"
3. ">" can be converted to "&gt;" for strict XML compliance, although I have not found this to be necessary.

—Jack S.

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I think the code below may be more efficient than that presented in this tip. You don't need to call any function or loop through text character by chara...

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cter, you just use the Replace function wherever you need to correct strings for XML. By the way, Replace is new with R6.

—Adam H.

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This code should use the Uni() function instead of the Asc() function, because XML entities are encoded as Unicode values.

—Rich S.

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Thanks for your comments on my tip.

Jack S.: I think you misread the code, because it already is in there

Adam H.: You're partially right. For large string this might be more efficient, but you will still need to loop the string character by character for the characters outside the basic ascii set

Rich S.: If the inputStr is Unicoded then you do need Uni()'; if you create the string in script you won't need it.

—Ronald Pijpers, tip author

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