textarea when a use the enter key it sends a ?

[Guest]

I have a textarea within a form. When a user presses the "Enter" Key, you
get the expected new line, carriage return but what is transmitted is a ? and
the receiving individual sees the ? without any carriage return-line feed.

Any Ideas?

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Transmitted?

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Numbskull

Hard work is a medication for which
there is no placebo.

 

[Guest]

Ok, I should have explained how the form is used.

The form resides on a Mobile Computer (Laptop) in Patrol cars and Fire
apparatus. They can transmit the data from the forms from their application
to any other laptop running the application or to a desktop running a
compatible application through a message switch.

The original form had a destination field and a "textbox" which as you know
is limited to one line that when is filled, scrolls the additional data until
it reaches the maximum length.

The new form which I am having difficulty with has the same destination
field and a "textarea" in which the user can enter free form information with
the intent that what they type can be seen in its' entirety until it is
transmitted to a recipient.

When they press their ENTER KEY for a new line, it displays it on their
screen properly but the recipient sees a single line (unless it word wraps)
of text and a "?" question mark(s) for every ENTER KEY pressed.

I hope this clarifies my dilemma.

Gary

 

[Kevin Spencer]

OK, let me explain what we need to know. A form is just an HTML document, a
user interface. When you fill it out, it is posted to the server, where a
form handler application handles it and does whatever it's supposed to do
with it. So, we need to know what sort of form handler you're using. What is
the URL of the "action" attribute of the form?

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Numbskull

Hard work is a medication for which
there is no placebo.