How to convert plain text to html and assign it to an <li> in c#

Question

I have a string with html content as follows:

string eg = "hi..how <b>are</b> you?"

I am assigning this string value to the text property of a bulleted list as follows:

lst.Text = eg;

The purpose is to display "are" in bold. But currently it displays the string as it is. What property of the bulleted list is to be used to render the html controls in the string? Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

You will need to use an Repeater instead of a Bulleted List as bulleted list
doesn't support HTML for its ListItems

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And this channel9 msdn page

http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/257894-aspnet-BulletedList-list-item-with-HTML-

Quoting from above

Try using a Repeater. The BulletedList unfortunately doesn't support HTML for its ListItems.

Markup

<asp:Repeater ID="Repeater1" runat="server">
    <HeaderTemplate><ul></HeaderTemplate>
    <ItemTemplate><li><span class="label">Test</span> <%# Container.DataItem %></li></ItemTemplate>
    <FooterTemplate></ul></FooterTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

C#

Repeater1.DataSource = items;
Repeater1.DataBind();