Decode and Encode string in C#

        /// Encode a given text

        /// </summary>

        /// <param name="textToEncode">Text to encode</param>

        /// <returns>Encoded Text</returns>

        public static string EncodeText(string textToEncode)

        {

            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(textToEncode)) return string.Empty;

            byte[] byteBuff = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(textToEncode);

            string retval = Convert.ToBase64String(byteBuff);

 

            retval = retval.Replace("=", "repeq");

 

            return retval;

        }

 

        /// <summary>

        /// Decode a set of given encoded text

        /// </summary>

        /// <param name="encodedText">Encoded Text</param>

        /// <returns>Decoded Text</returns>

        public static string DecodeText(string encodedText)

        {

            if (encodedText == null) return string.Empty;

            encodedText = encodedText.Replace("repeq", "=");

            byte[] byteBuff = Convert.FromBase64String(encodedText);

            string retval = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(byteBuff, 0, byteBuff.Length);

 

            return retval;

        }

 

Forget about the replace used in the above example; this is just a test;

 

This can be used while sending text as initparams in silverlight