Convert HTML in a TEXTAREA

[qwert62]

Is it possible to convert HTML tags in a textarea?

I am pulling a field out of a database that contains HTML tags. I need to display it in a Textarea without the HTML tags.

For example the value in field is:

<p style='font-family:verdana;font-size:10pt;'>Dear David,<BR><BR> Thank you.

In the textarea I want to display:

Dear David,

Thank you


Thanks in advance for any suggesions.

 

[Chopstik]

Could you not use Server.HTMLEncode on the value being passed into the TEXTAREA?

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[qwert62]

I am not too familiar with Server.HTMLEncode, but I think I am trying to accomplish the opposite of Server.HTMLEncode.

 

[Chopstik]

From your first post, it appears you want it to print in the textarea without the tags - which is what Server.HTMLEncode will help you to do. For further information on it, check here:
[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/asp/quickref/server_htmlencode.html[/url]

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"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair."
--Dou

 

[DreXor]

re-reading his post it seems like he's trying to HTML parse the info instead of encode it.

as for a text area, you wont see bold, list items, text boxes, etc, about the only one you'll need to worry about is <BR> and you can replace(RS("fieldname"),"<br>",vbcrlf)

 

[Chopstik]

DreXor,

You may be right. That did not occur to me. Good catch!

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"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair."
--Dou

 

[vbkris]

i dont think what he askes can be done, he wants the <br> to be displayed in a normal Textarea that doesnt take any html tags.

qwert62, why dont u try a WYSYWYG editor???

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