BUG: Util.ToHtmlString repeats HTML header

RichardD · September 2016

In LinqPad 5.08.01, any use of ToHtmlString or CreateXhtmlWriter+Write causes the resulting HTML to contain a repeat of all content between

<!DOCTYPE HTML>

and

<body>

After the first body tag, you will immediately see the header repeated starting at line 207:

  </head>
<body><!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
  <head>

To reproduce, run this C# program query and inspect the output file.

void Main()
{
	var a = new { Hello = "Hello" };
	System.IO.File.WriteAllText(Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%HOMEPATH%\\Documents\\Linqtest.html"), Util.ToHtmlString(a));
}

JoeAlbahari · September 2016

Yes, this is a known problem that has been fixed in subsequent betas:

http://www.linqpad.net/download.aspx#beta

arjan · September 2017

Sorry to say that it has not been fixed in version 5.22.13.

Can you please include the fix?

reproduced by:
Util.ToHtmlString("TEST").Dump()

JoeAlbahari · September 2017

I've just tried it and it works fine. The header appears just once.

Are you trying to remove the header entirely? In which case you want this:

Util.ToHtmlString(true, true, "TEST")

sgmoore · September 2017

If you are typing Util.ToHtmlString("TEST").Dump() , (without the semi-colon), then you are probably in C# Expression mode which means your don't need to add the .Dump() or you will end up dumping twice.

Try Util.ToHtmlString("TEST") or else switch to C# Statements and add a semi-colon.

BUG: Util.ToHtmlString repeats HTML header

Comments