Question

In asp.net mvc 2 view i am trying to render something if true.

In code below i am trying to use Html.Encode(x) to render value into page but it does render nothing. What is wrong with if statement with html.encode?

Works

<%if (!ViewData.ContainsKey("DisplayQtyPrice")) {%>
    <%: entry.Amount %>
  <%}%>

Does not work

<%if (!ViewData.ContainsKey("DisplayQtyPrice")) {
    Html.Encode(entry.Amount);
  }%>

Answer 1

The problem is that you’re not actually adding anything to the response stream. There’s nothing wrong with Html.Encode, but you need to do something like this:

<%if (!ViewData.ContainsKey("DisplayQtyPrice")) {
    Response.Write(Html.Encode(entry.Amount));
}%>

EDIT: That said, I think your first version is better, unless you have a problem with angle brackets 🙂