Hi. Not sure I understand.
You have an editable field that you cannot type into? Do you get a blinking cursor in that field if you click inside it? Perhaps some properties for that field are such that LC is preventing access? Craig > On Feb 14, 2023, at 3:35 PM, harrison--- via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Greetings LC List Members, > > I have to create a little chat program with LiveCode on a LiveCode server. > Currently I have a textarea text box to accept the user’s input, but it won’t > keep any formatting at all, not even carriage returns, line feeds, or bold > faced text. I also have to put that information into a database, so I can > pull it out later. > > How are you handling such things with LiveCode? One would think that > by this time we would have something simple that would deal with this! > It has to be a common problem, and one would think their would be a > common solution to it. > > Suggestions? > > Thanks, > > Rick > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode