Re: [ConvertChars] problem

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1997

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 12683
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texte = >I am having some problems getting the [ConvertChars] tag to convert>carriage returns to
>>In WebCatalog Prefs it is set to convert ASCII number 11 to
. Is it>possible that the carriage returns that are keyed in through the form>are soft carriage returns and are therefor not being converted?ASCII 11 is a soft carriage return. ASCII 13 is a hard carriage return, but you will never see that appear in a [field], because that is an illegal character to put into a WebCatalog database field.Whenever you add/modify a record via an HTML form, WebCatalog looks for hard returns and changes them to soft returns before writing them to the database (it also changes tabs to spaces). Wrapping [input] around the field will convert those soft returns back to hard returns, for the purpose of preparing the text for an input

field, so the carriage returns break at the original places they did when the person first typed them. Wrapping [convertchars] around the field will convert soft returns to for the purpose of displaying line breaks properly when being output to text on an HTML page.So what I'm saying is I don't understand why your HTML didn't work: I expected the exact opposite of what you said. The Classifieds example site provides an example of exactly this technique, and works as advertised as far as I know.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ===== Tools for WebWarriors =====Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog Pro, WebCommerce Solution11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, SiteCheck, PhotoMasterSan Diego, CA 92128 | SiteGuard619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com

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>I am having some problems getting the <a target="_parent" href="page.dna?numero=183">[convertchars]</a> tag to convert>carriage returns to >>In WebCatalog Prefs it is set to convert ASCII number 11 to . Is it>possible that the carriage returns that are keyed in through the form>are soft carriage returns and are therefor not being converted?ASCII 11 is a soft carriage return. ASCII 13 is a hard carriage return, but you will never see that appear in a [field], because that is an illegal character to put into a WebCatalog database field.Whenever you add/modify a record via an HTML form, WebCatalog looks for hard returns and changes them to soft returns before writing them to the database (it also changes tabs to spaces). Wrapping <a target="_parent" href="page.dna?numero=182">[input]</a> around the field will convert those soft returns back to hard returns, for the purpose of preparing the text for an input <textarea> field, so the carriage returns break at the original places they did when the person first typed them. Wrapping <a target="_parent" href="page.dna?numero=183">[convertchars]</a> around the field will convert soft returns to for the purpose of displaying line breaks properly when being output to text on an HTML page.So what I'm saying is I don't understand why your HTML didn't work: I expected the exact opposite of what you said. The Classifieds example site provides an example of exactly this technique, and works as advertised as far as I know.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ===== Tools for WebWarriors =====Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog Pro, WebCommerce Solution11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, SiteCheck, PhotoMasterSan Diego, CA 92128 | SiteGuard619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com

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