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title: "Disabling HTMLencode in ASP.NET and C#"  
description: "Disabling HTMLencode in ASP.NET and C#"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2014-11-13  
updated: 2014-11-14  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12577/disabling-htmlencode-in-asp-dot-net-and-c-sharp  
category: "asp.net"  
tags: ["c#", "gridview"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Disabling HTMLencode in ASP.NET and C#

I am using [DataTable](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/195/datatable-in-ado-dot-net) to [populate](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/60/populate-records-in-second-listbox-according-to-the-selection-in-first-list-box) [data](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13050/salesforce-aiming-to-dominate-predictive-analytics-with-data-science) in [GridView](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/873/update-delete-edit-gridview-in-asp-dot-net) in [ASP.NET](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/934/default-folders-available-inside-the-asp-dot-net-application-folder) I [am trying](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/36834/which-two-programming-languages-should-i-master-in-if-i-am-trying-to-get-into-google-or-facebook) to place a line break in a cell inside the DataGrid View I used

"data1+<br>+data2"

to place a line break.**I am manipulating this data from C# which is being generated dynamically.**Because of HTML [encoding](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/752/how-is-encoding-handled-in-ajax) \
is replaced as

lt;brgt;

So [please tell me](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33900/please-tell-me-what-are-the-technique-to-content-optimization) how to [disable](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12901/how-to-disable-enable-input-box-in-aspx-with-value-from-sql) that html encoding if possible for that gridView.

## Replies

### Reply by Anonymous User

TemplateField allows you to add html inside a cell, as

```
<asp:GridView ID="gv" runat="server" AutogenerateColumns= "false"> <columns>    <asp:BoundField DataField="col_name" HeaderText="Header"/>    <asp:TemplateField>      <ItemTemplate>         '<%#Eval("data1")%>'          <br/>         '<%#Eval("data2")%>'      </ItemTemplate>    </asp:TemplateField> <columns></asp:GridView>
```


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