Re: [input]??

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17094
interpreted = N
texte = Wrap your resulting text (where you view the changes) in a [convertchars] context so all the soft returns, and real returns, are converted to
's or

's. It might be best to use WebCat's new abililty to have multiple [convertchars] databases and create a special one for your situation. I hope this helps.John.> Can someone please lead me in the right direction.....I am trying to create a self-maintained page.  A page that will allow the user to simply fill out a form to update his/her own web page immediately. The problem is this: as the user enters a paragraph of text into the form...then clicks the Update Page button, all carriage returns are lost somewhere before the updated page.  Here is the code I've written so far....am I missing something??  The [input] tags seem to be useless for me at this point, however they were my poor attempt to correcting the problem. The actual form for the user to make changes. (www.cnetech.com/school/maintain.html) The waiting page...containing [writefile] information. (www.cnetech.com/school/wait.html) [writefile file=paragraph1.txt][paragraph1][/writefile] The finished product. (www.cnetech.com/school/finished.html) [include paragraph1.txt]

Clueless, Kim Wyrick Web Services Specialist CNETech Net www.cnetech.com John A. Hill, V.P. Marketing Pacific Coast Software eCommerce / Web Developer Tools http://www.smithmicro.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [input]?? (John Hill 1998)
  2. [input]?? (Kimberly Wyrick 1998)
  3. Re: [input]?? (Raymond Hatch 1998)
Wrap your resulting text (where you view the changes) in a [convertchars] context so all the soft returns, and real returns, are converted to
's or

's. It might be best to use WebCat's new abililty to have multiple [convertchars] databases and create a special one for your situation. I hope this helps.John.> Can someone please lead me in the right direction.....I am trying to create a self-maintained page.  A page that will allow the user to simply fill out a form to update his/her own web page immediately. The problem is this: as the user enters a paragraph of text into the form...then clicks the Update Page button, all carriage returns are lost somewhere before the updated page.  Here is the code I've written so far....am I missing something??  The [input] tags seem to be useless for me at this point, however they were my poor attempt to correcting the problem. The actual form for the user to make changes. (www.cnetech.com/school/maintain.html) The waiting page...containing [writefile] information. (www.cnetech.com/school/wait.html) [writefile file=paragraph1.txt][paragraph1][/writefile] The finished product. (www.cnetech.com/school/finished.html) [include paragraph1.txt]

Clueless, Kim Wyrick Web Services Specialist CNETech Net www.cnetech.com John A. Hill, V.P. Marketing Pacific Coast Software eCommerce / Web Developer Tools http://www.smithmicro.com John Hill

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