Just because it isn't a web application does not mean you can not add a reference to System.Web to use the HttpUtility class.
I've done this in several windows forms applications that must interact with websites and deal with Html encoding/decoding. On Sep 3, 11:03 am, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All; > > I have an application that retrieves information from a web feed and > inserts into a database for other processing. the issue i am > encountering is when i try to insert a string value that has special > characters such as the trade mark symbol, copy right, registered, > degree etc... > > i have tried using the string replace using the equivalent ascii code > for the proper symbol but i am not having any luck. > > this is not a web application so i can not use the server.encode to > get strip the values. > > this is what i tried without success: > > descripition = description.replace("™"," "); > > to try and remove the trademark symbol... > > thanks > - Mike
