Re: WriteFile Formatting

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = BTW - [writefile] sees tabs as tabs so you can just use the straight-forward tab char rather than '[unurl]%09[/unurl]' (if you needed to).Tony I use really wide textareas, and also hard-wrap the text input before I paste it into the textarea and submit the form. You can also use [convertchars] to change a one kind of char into another(s). Like a soft return into a hard return... (Also [input] does that specific task.)-JohnPeter Werno wrote:> You might get the correct result by putting the stuff in a variable > first (via [text]) and have certain characters inserted using the > [unurl]-tag > > e.g. if you want to have a in your text this would be: > > [text show=f]result=hello[unurl]%09[/unurl]world[/text] > > Ciao, > > Pete > > On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:59:04 > Tony Frenzel wrote: > > I forgot the following: > > > > Is it possible to have formatted text when you do a [writefile] tag? > > For > > example, let's say I have a comments field box where I want multiple > > paragraphs and I when I submit it it creates a text file via the > > [writefile] tag. Now, when I do a write file, it just puts > > everything > > together, is there a way to have it keep the formatting that I've > > entered > > within a comments field box? > > > > - Tony > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: WriteFile Formatting (John Butler 2000)
  2. Re: WriteFile Formatting (Peter Werno 2000)
  3. Re: WriteFile Formatting (Kenneth Grome 2000)
  4. WriteFile Formatting (Tony Frenzel 2000)
BTW - [writefile] sees tabs as tabs so you can just use the straight-forward tab char rather than '[unurl]%09[/unurl]' (if you needed to).Tony I use really wide textareas, and also hard-wrap the text input before I paste it into the textarea and submit the form. You can also use [convertchars] to change a one kind of char into another(s). Like a soft return into a hard return... (Also [input] does that specific task.)-JohnPeter Werno wrote:> You might get the correct result by putting the stuff in a variable > first (via [text]) and have certain characters inserted using the > [unurl]-tag > > e.g. if you want to have a in your text this would be: > > [text show=f]result=hello[unurl]%09[/unurl]world[/text] > > Ciao, > > Pete > > On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:59:04 > Tony Frenzel wrote: > > I forgot the following: > > > > Is it possible to have formatted text when you do a [writefile] tag? > > For > > example, let's say I have a comments field box where I want multiple > > paragraphs and I when I submit it it creates a text file via the > > [writefile] tag. Now, when I do a write file, it just puts > > everything > > together, is there a way to have it keep the formatting that I've > > entered > > within a comments field box? > > > > - Tony > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ John Butler

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