Dear Richard,

There is something that i havent gotten grasp with. When i see the HTML of a web form control like a textbox, it may appear as;


but i have also seen the one below with a forward slash at the end;


What is the essence of a forward slash in the HTML of a control?

MICAH

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Reply from Richard Rost:

That's just to more officially close the tag to maintain strict standards-based programming. You don't need it. I never use it.


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I accidentally deleted your followup comment. Micah asked if you could display HTML tags in an actual web page without the browser interpreting the tags and showing, for example, a text box. Yes, just enclose the HTML inside of the XMP tag:

Hello, <B>Micah</B>

Like that. You should see the BOLD tags instead of the browser making the font bold.