HtmlEncode Isn't Encoding Properly

Question

It doesn't appear that the strings are being encoded.

Issue:

Dim encodedStr As String = HttpUtility.HtmlEncode("<p>This is a test</p>")

The output produces:

<p>This is a test</p>

Expected result:

<p>This is a test</p>

Answer 1

I'd double check to make sure whatever is displaying the value is indeed displaying it in text mode, and not HTML. Under the debugger, it works fine:

HttpUtility.HtmlEncode("<p>This is a test</p>");
"&lt;p&gt;This is a test&lt;/p&gt;"

(Yes, this is C# but the .NET framework code is all shared and I was lazy)