Re: converting characters in form

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1997

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 14298
interpreted = N
texte = >I was wondering have to use [convertchar] inside a TEXTAREA or a form.>>I am doing a search of a db and having the results come in as a VALUE in a>form. But it doesn't seem that a text block for the above settings works.The [Input] context converts soft-returns back into hard-returns so any carriage returns your users typed into the textarea originally will be stuffed back into the

correctly.[ConvertChars] is usually used to clean up curly-quotes and TM symbols that FileMaker Pro stores in its fields.  Browsers don't know how to display curly-quotes, so ConvertChars turns them into straight quotes.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering      | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ====Pacific Coast Software               | WebCatalog, WebMerchant11770 Bernardo Plaza Court           | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMasterSan Diego, CA 92128                  | SiteGuard619/675-1106  Fax: 619/675-0372      | http://www.smithmicro.com

Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

<li>Re: converting characters in form (Grant Hulbert <granth@smithmicro.com> 1997)</li>

<li><a href="page.dna?numero=14296">Re: converting characters in form</a> (Christer Olsson <christer@ljusaideer.se> 1997)</li>

<li><a href="page.dna?numero=14292">converting characters in form</a> (Kevin Furuta <kevin@koyosha.co.jp> 1997)</li>

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>I was wondering have to use [convertchar] inside a TEXTAREA or a form.>>I am doing a search of a db and having the results come in as a VALUE in a>form. But it doesn't seem that a text block for the above settings works.<textarea><a target="_parent" href="page.dna?numero=182">[input]</a>[fieldname][/input]

The [input] context converts soft-returns back into hard-returns so any carriage returns your users typed into the textarea originally will be stuffed back into the

correctly.<a target="_parent" href="page.dna?numero=183">[convertchars]</a> is usually used to clean up curly-quotes and TM symbols that FileMaker Pro stores in its fields. Browsers don't know how to display curly-quotes, so ConvertChars turns them into straight quotes.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ====Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMasterSan Diego, CA 92128 | SiteGuard619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com

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