problem with forms

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Jenn

This is probably a stupid question, but I'm really hoping
someone can help me...

I just upgraded from FrontPage 2002 to 2003. I created a
form in the 2003 version, and it works exactly as it
should except for the white space in text areas. I'd like
for visitors to be able to separate paragraphs with the
enter key.

So far, the only way I've been able to do this was to set
the format options to 'formatted text within HTML,' but I
*hate* the way monospaced text acts.

I also tried setting the validation to allow whitespace,
but that didn't work at all.

Furthermore, I just tested another form on the site that
I had previously designed with FP 2002 and now IT'S not
preserving paragraphs either (it did before. I run a
small site for writers, so needless to say - I need to be
able to preserve paragraphs when people are submitting
entire book chapters for critique.

Anyway, I'd really appreciate any help or suggestions if
anyone knows what I'm doing wrong! I've checked in a
couple different manuals for the 2003 version and haven't
been able to find a solution.

Thanks,
Jenn
 
Preservation of textarea "formatting" (white space and carriage returns) has been a problem for a while but is related to how the FP
SE handle the forms and IE/NN handle the textarea tags
- normally the attribute WRAP="HARD" should preserve them

For a description of the wrap attribute (per MS and W3C) see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...p/author/dhtml/reference/objects/textarea.asp
- that's the way it should work, but it doesn't mean it always works that way (-;

Unfortunately NN uses WRAP="PHYSICAL" see
http://wp.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/new_html3_prop.html#Forms


IMHO if you need precise content layout from user and have a server w/ the FP2002 SE and File Upload enable - take a look at having
them upload their content
See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;299763&Product=fp2002
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| This is probably a stupid question, but I'm really hoping
| someone can help me...
|
| I just upgraded from FrontPage 2002 to 2003. I created a
| form in the 2003 version, and it works exactly as it
| should except for the white space in text areas. I'd like
| for visitors to be able to separate paragraphs with the
| enter key.
|
| So far, the only way I've been able to do this was to set
| the format options to 'formatted text within HTML,' but I
| *hate* the way monospaced text acts.
|
| I also tried setting the validation to allow whitespace,
| but that didn't work at all.
|
| Furthermore, I just tested another form on the site that
| I had previously designed with FP 2002 and now IT'S not
| preserving paragraphs either (it did before. I run a
| small site for writers, so needless to say - I need to be
| able to preserve paragraphs when people are submitting
| entire book chapters for critique.
|
| Anyway, I'd really appreciate any help or suggestions if
| anyone knows what I'm doing wrong! I've checked in a
| couple different manuals for the 2003 version and haven't
| been able to find a solution.
|
| Thanks,
| Jenn
|
 
Thanks so much for the help! I'll see what I can do with
this, and maybe consider the file upload. Only problem
with that is the percentage of users that barely know
their way around a computer. I don't know how they
function.. some don't even know how to save their work to
any folder other than 'My Documents.'

Anyway, thanks again ;-)
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Preservation of textarea "formatting" (white space and
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carriage returns) has been a problem for a while but is
related to how the FP
SE handle the forms and IE/NN handle the textarea tags
- normally the attribute WRAP="HARD" should preserve them

For a description of the wrap attribute (per MS and W3C) see
url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/objects/textarea.asp
- that's the way it should work, but it doesn't mean it always works that way (-;

Unfortunately NN uses WRAP="PHYSICAL" see
http://wp.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/new_html3_prop.htm
l#Forms


IMHO if you need precise content layout from user and
Click to expand...
have a server w/ the FP2002 SE and File Upload enable -
take a look at having
them upload their content
See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;299763&Product=fp2002
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