Hi

How do you preserve formating of text in a textarea?

I basically want to be able to preserve the format of the text as it is done in this forum. How can i do this?

thanks david

If you mean on preserving information about new line use something like:

<%= Replace((RecordsetName.Fields.Item("FieldName".Value),vbcrlf, "<br>" %>

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Hi

How do you preserve formating of text in a textarea?

I basically want to be able to preserve the format of the text as it is done in this forum. How can i do this?

thanks david


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hmm dunno..

what i want to be able to do is let a user insert some text into a database using a standard insert form.

then i want to pull that info out from the database and display it on a page with all the formatting preserved, i.e. paragraphs, indents, etc.

Im not sure how to use what you wrote before

sorry to be a pain

david

If you want to be able to preserve information about new line do following on page where you want to display information:

1. Insert DB field on the screen as usual.
2. Find code UD made. Something like:
&lt;%= RecordsetName.Fields.Item("FieldName".Value) %&gt;. To look for code click 'Show Code and Design Views' (top-left part of the screen).
3. Change code to look like
&lt;%= Replace((RecordsetName.Fields.Item("FieldName".Value),vbcrlf, "&lt;br&gt;" %&gt;

If you want to have ability to change font, size, insert link... search for extension 'Public Domain HTML Editor'. This extension will give you interface pretty much like one you saw in MS Word.

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hmm dunno..

what i want to be able to do is let a user insert some text into a database using a standard insert form.

then i want to pull that info out from the database and display it on a page with all the formatting preserved, i.e. paragraphs, indents, etc.

Im not sure how to use what you wrote before

sorry to be a pain

david


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thanks that works brilliantly

david <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>

As an extra, you can replace succesive items using multiple Replace statements that look for ASCII codes. For instance:

&lt;%= Replace((RecordsetName.Fields.Item("FieldName".Value),vbcrlf, "&lt;br&gt;" %&gt;

is the same as:

&lt;%= Replace((RecordsetName.Fields.Item("FieldName".Value),Chr(13), "&lt;br&gt;" %&gt;

If you wanted to replace spaces you could use:

&lt;%= Replace((RecordsetName.Fields.Item("FieldName".Value),Chr(32), "& nbsp;" %&gt;

So if you wanted to replace Line Breaks and Spaces:

varText = Replace((RecordsetName.Fields.Item("FieldName".Value),Chr(13), "&lt;br&gt;"
varText = Replace(varText, Chr(32), "& nbsp;"

(NOTE I have added a space between <b>&</b> and <b>nbsp;</b> so that it shows.)

Then display the text:

&lt;% = varText %&gt;

You can find all the ASCII Code values here: www.ascii.cl/

Regards

Owen.

Multiple Parameter UD4 / Access 2000 Database Search Tutorial:
www.tdsf.co.uk/tdsfdemo

Edited by - oeastwick on 10/25/2001 23:45:24

Thanks again

David <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>