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Chapter FiveGeneral Functions (continued)

ANSITextToXML Function

Overview

The ANSITextToXML function converts ANSI text to XML CDATA.

Syntax/Parameters

Syntax

string = ANSITextToXML ( string data );

Parameters

data

A string to convert.

Return Value

Returns a string containing data converted or an empty string on failure. Use the GetLastError function to retrieve error information.

If the string overflows, the buffer will be clipped near the 2MB limit.

Remarks

The function applies escape character for ‘<’, ‘>’, and ‘&’ characters, control characters, and characters above 0x7F. This function does not convert to HTML style character entities. The maximum size of the string is 2MB.

See the SGML chapter for a more comprehensive discussion on conversion.

Related Functions

Platform Support

Go13, Go16, GoFiler Complete, GoFiler Corporate, GoFiler, GoFiler Lite, GoXBRL

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