HtmlEncode

returns the html encoded form of the text that was passed in some characters in html have special meaning and the browser does not render them literally for example, the browser interprets any text enclosed by angle brackets (< and >) as an html tag that describes the formatting of the text to display html code literally, including all of the syntax, it must be html encoded when sent to the browser the application replaces certain characters that have special meaning in html with other characters for example, the application replaces a greater than sign (>) with \&gt; , replaces the less than sign (<) with \&lt; , and replaces the ampersand sign (&) with \&amp; syntax htmlencode(text) enabled for for a description of the business object categories, see notes on "enabled for" docid\ u26v9fecfs6ilwa0 pvjd business object category yes/no business rules before save rules yes business rules calculation rules (after save, with or without also recalculate on load) yes business rules calculation rules (before save or always, without also recalculate on load) yes business rules calculation rules (before save or always, with recalculate on load) yes business rules editing rules yes business rules initialization rules yes business rules read only rules yes business rules required rules yes business rules validation rules yes client expressions yes object permissions no services yes ldap yes mobile yes quick actions (except ui quick actions) yes ui quick actions yes reports yes search/dashboard without field references yes search/dashboard with field references no parameters parameter description text the text to encode return value unicode text value example $(htmlencode("put \<bold> before the text & \</bold> after the text to make it bold ")) the example above returns this "put \&lt;bold\&gt; before the text \&amp; \&lt;/bold\&gt; after the text to make it bold "