HTML to text to HTML.......how to preserve formatting?

[Webrookie]

On my website, I'm gonna have someone submit some text that they will type in.&nbsp;&nbsp;And it may or may not have carriage returns, line feeds, etc..<br><br>How do I preserve formatting?<br><br>When they submit, I will save what they type to a text file on the server.<br><br>When someone wants to view a saved file, I would like the textual appearance as it was typed in to be preserved.<br><br>Any ideas?

 

[AnandMishra]

Do you have any database to store the data? then simply store all the matter in database column.<br><br>You can use Access database. it is small, easy database.<br><br>it will work.<br><br>Anand Mishra

 

[Webrookie]

Actually, I solved it...kinda.&nbsp;&nbsp;When they sumbit a textarea with text in it, I save what they wrote to a text file...and, through IE at least, if you link to that file on the server, it opens up just fine, formatting preserved.<br><br>I was gonna do an access database, but I already have a couple of those and I didn't want to do another.<br><br>thanks anyway...

 

[Karl Blessing]

if through the process of outputs in ASP, I always use vbtab and vbcrlf, in my codding, even tho it makes no difference HTML wise, I can look at its source and it'll be nicely formated kind of like doing this<br><br><FONT FACE=monospace><br>Response.write &quot;&lt;Table&gt;&quot; & vbcrlf<br>Response.write vbtab & &quot;&lt;TR&gt;&quot; & vbcrlf<br>Response.write vbtab & vbtab & &quot;&lt;TD&gt; yo &lt;/TD&gt;&quot; & vbcrlf<br>Response.write vbtab & &quot;&lt;/TR&gt;&quot; & vbcrlf<br>Response.write &quot;&lt;/Table&gt;&quot; & vbcrlf<br></font><br><i>you could throw it on all one line, but wouldnt look good in ASP code</i><br><br>what you get when you view the source(text) is this<br><br><FONT FACE=monospace><br>&lt;Table&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;TR&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;TD&gt; yo &lt;/TD&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/TR&gt;<br>&lt;/Table&gt;<br></font><br><br>instead of this<br><FONT FACE=monospace><br>&lt;Table&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt; yo &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/Table&gt;<br></font> <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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