how to get the text content of html

[Axel]

How to get the text content of html in asp.net?I wrote the following code in asp.net but it gave me the html not text?code are here : \[code\]Function GetData(ByVal dta As String) Dim comp As New Literal comp.Text = dta Return comp.TextEnd Function\[/code\]For example :input : \[code\]<span><p> this is html </p></span>\[/code\]output should be : this is html