I try not to use paragraphformat() too much. Users usually end up complaining that their single line breaks become doubles.
I usually input the text from a textarea just as they entered and then format it on output with #replace(str, "#chr(13)##chr(10)#", "<br>", "ALL")# -----Original Message----- From: Keith Gaughan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 7:06 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: formatting in textarea Roberto Perez wrote: > Hi all, > > Quick question on textarea: I have a form with a box where visitors can > type comments. The input goes to an Access database with a "memo" field. My > problem is, if they type one or more carriage returns, the text in the > "memo" field does not reflect that, and obviously when the comments are > displayed on the browser they look like one long paragraph instead of > several shorter ones (separated by carriage returns) as the visitor intended. > > Any solutions for this? The ParagraphFormat() function might be what you're looking for. -- Keith Gaughan, Developer Digital Crew Ltd., Pembroke House, Pembroke Street, Cork, Ireland http://digital-crew.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:183567 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
