I know there are different methods in the System.Web namespace for decoding html entities (such as "%20" for space). I'm building a Winforms application however, but needs to deal with html encoded strings. Basically I have the iTunes Library XML file and need to decode the URLs in there to check the files.
Is this possible without the System.Web namespace?
Just because you're writing a Windows Forms app doesn't stop you from using System.Web. Just add a reference to System.Web.dll.
See this article if you're still curious how to do this without System.Web. It offers a solution for URI decoding (which is really what you're decoding, not HTML entities which are something like "&emdash;" )
To use the methods that are in the .NET framework you must use the System.Web namespace to get the HtmlDecode method.
Yes, you could write your own method to do it, but that wouldn't make a lot of sense.
Just add the reference to system.web.
