Remove HTML Tags from HTML string

using

System;
using System.Collections.Generic;using System.Text;using System.Text.RegularExpressions;using System.IO;

#region

strTagLess = regEx.Replace(strTagLess, ClearHTMLTags
///

/// ClearHTMLTags///

/// Html as text (without encoded)
///
/// An integer that if equals to 0 runs only the RegExp filter// .. 1 runs only the HTML source render filter
// .. 2 runs both the RegExp and the HTML source render
// .. >2 defaults to 0
///
/// Html stripped off text
/// Author: Narendra Tiwari, Date: 06 Feb 2007
///
/// HtmlOperations operations = new HtmlOperations();/// strFileData = operations.ClearHTMLTags(File.ReadAllText(filePath), 0);///
public string ClearHTMLTags(string strHTML, int intWorkFlow){
Regex regEx = null;
string strTagLess = string.Empty;try
{
strTagLess = strHTML;//1. "remove html tags"

if (intWorkFlow != 1)
{
//this pattern mathces any html tag
regEx = new Regex("<[^>]*>", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);"");

//all html tags are stripped
}//2. "remove rouge leftovers"// "or, I want to render the source"
// "as html."
//We *might* still have rouge < and >
//let's be positive that those that remain
//are changed into html characters     if (intWorkFlow > 0 && intWorkFlow < 3){
regEx = new Regex("[<]", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);//matches a single <
strTagLess = regEx.Replace(strTagLess, "<");
regEx = new Regex("[>]", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);//matches a single >
strTagLess = regEx.Replace(strTagLess, ">");
}//3. return the stripped off text
return strTagLess;
}catch
{
throw;
}
}

#endregion