Keyword Highlighting with One Line of Code: Applied Use of HttpResponse.Filter in ASP.NET to Modify the Output Stream

Yvan Rodrigues

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HttpResponse.Filter post-processes the output of an ASP.NET page in order to modify the HTML document before it is sent to the client, similar to output buffering in PHP. The example wraps instances of a keyword on the page in an HTML element to have a highlighting style applied to it.

HttpResponseFilter_src.zip
- HttpResponseFilter
  - Article
    - highlighted.png
    - HttpFilter.png
    - HttpResponseFilter.html
    - no-highlight.png
  - HttpResponseFilter.sln
  - HttpResponseFilter
    - Bin
      - RedCell.Web.HttpResponseFilter.dll
      - RedCell.Web.HttpResponseFilter.pdb
    - Default.aspx
    - Default.aspx.cs
    - Default.aspx.designer.cs
    - Default.css
    - HttpResponseFilter.csproj
    - HttpResponseFilter.csproj.user
    - Properties
    - Resources
      - Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens.htm
    - Web.config
    - Web.Debug.config
    - Web.Release.config
  - RedCell.Web.HttpFilter
    - bin
      - Release
        
        RedCell.Web.HttpResponseFilter.dll
    - Filter.cs
    - FilterEventArgs.cs
    - HighlightFilter.cs
    - HighlightFilterEventArgs.cs
    - HttpFilter.cd
    - Properties
    - RedCell.Web.HttpResponseFilter.csproj
    - Resources
      - favicon.ico
HttpResponseFilter.zip
- RedCell.Web.HttpResponseFilter.dll

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Yvan Rodrigues

Engineer Robotic Assistance Devices / AITX

Canada

Yvan Rodrigues has 30 years of experience in information systems and software development for the industry. He is Senior Concept Designer at Robotic Assistance Devices

He is a Certified Technician (C.Tech.), a professional designation granted by the Institute of Engineering Technology of Ontario (IETO).

Yvan draws on experience as owner of Red Cell Innovation Inc., Mabel's Labels Inc. as Manager of Systems and Development, the University of Waterloo as Information Systems Manager, and OTTO Motors as Senior Systems Engineer and Senior Concept Designer.

Yvan is currently focused on design of embedded systems.

Keyword Highlighting with One Line of Code: Applied Use of HttpResponse.Filter in ASP.NET to Modify the Output Stream

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