Question

I am trying to create a html file out of a database, and I have problems escaping this line "<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=UTF-8\" />"

Full code:

Dim filer As Integer, paths As String
filer = FreeFile

paths = App.Path + "\DB"
Open paths + "\test.html" For Output As #filer
    '...
    Print #filer, "<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=UTF-8\" />"
    '...
Close #filer

I don’t know why it appears in red and don’t let me create the .exe to even run it

Answer 1

Your problem is that you’re trying to escape double quotes the same as you would in perl or c++.

Try using the crazy MS double double quotes.
Like so:

Print #filer, "<meta http-equiv=""Content-Type"" content=""text/html; charset=UTF-8"" />"

OR

str1 = "<meta http-equiv=" & chr(34) & "Content-Type" & chr(34) ' etc
Print #filer, str1

EDIT:
Corrected Quotes.

• Two Quotes= 1 quote character within a string. This can be confusing when your quote character is right next to the quotes defining your string.
  • "hello "" BOB" = Hello " Bob
  • """Hello "" BOB""" = "Hello " BOB"