textarea carriage returns

[Anon]

I am trying to pass the text passed through a textarea using "POST" into a .doc file.

But when I write the pertinent text to the .doc file it does not pass the carriage returns...it simply does the usual HTML crunching till all CR's and spaces are compacted to 1 space.

I have tried replacing %0D%0A, VbCrLf, %0D, %0A...everything I can think of, to no avail....it simply doesn't seem to detect any carriage returns being passed. and I have wrap="virtual".

Any help?

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[toma42]

And you're using PHP or ASP? VbCrLf isn't normally defined in PHP.

[Anon]

Apologies: I am using ASP with VBScript. I realize this is not PHP, but my search engine brought me here following a similar thread from last year. Hoping to find someone who could help me despite my ASp preference, I posted here.....

Any help?

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[kparker]

Sorry, php includes a built-in function to convert newlines to html breaks, but for ASP I haven't a clue.

[Anon]

thanks for the help all...I didn't realize php was so different. Often people know a little about a lot of things..was hoping to get lucky with a muliti-lingual guru.

incase any of YOU care, the answer to my problem was:

<%
strAnystring = replace(strAnystring, vbnewline, "{ /par }")
%>

(replace all instances of vbnewline [the reserved VBScript Carriage return command] with { /par }, the rich text format carriage return. I just happened to need the rich text format command..others might have wanted to replace it with <BR>, \n...ect.)

Thanks to all who replied

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[Anon]

Cheers!

I actually do care, and that was very helpful.

I will no longer be getting the sack!

S

[Anon]

Getting the sack?

[Anon]

Thank you very much, I also work in ASP. A search engine set me hear. I am very delighted to finially find the answer.

Thanks so much.

Abner wrote:

thanks for the help all...I didn't realize php was so different. Often people know a little about a lot of things..was hoping to get lucky with a muliti-lingual guru.

incase any of YOU care, the answer to my problem was:

<%
strAnystring = replace(strAnystring, vbnewline, "{ /par }")
%>

(replace all instances of vbnewline [the reserved VBScript Carriage return command] with { /par }, the rich text format carriage return. I just happened to need the rich text format command..others might have wanted to replace it with , \n...ect.)

Thanks to all who replied

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