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RianAshley -> text wrap in forms (1/24/2004 10:54:05)

I created a form in Frontpage and text in the comments box doesn't wrap when you e-mail the form. The receiver get the form through e-mail the message is truncated. Is there a way I can get the text to wrap.



Swirl -> RE: text wrap in forms (1/28/2004 14:28:04)

Bump!



DarlingBri -> RE: text wrap in forms (1/28/2004 14:36:58)

Do you have a URL? Is the text box in the form set to no-wrap?



RianAshley -> RE: text wrap in forms (1/28/2004 19:23:06)

The url is http://www.eosc.org/patient_satisfaction_survey.htm I put an html code telling it to wrap but now I get this long line of text when a patient send it to me through e-mail.

<edit>Rian, I pulled the . off the end of your URL. It was giving a 404 error</edit>



DarlingBri -> RE: text wrap in forms (1/28/2004 20:11:49)

in the HTML code for the text comment box, remove wrap="physical" and try it.



RianAshley -> RE: text wrap in forms (1/28/2004 20:33:20)

What shall I put in its place? When wrap "physical" is removed the text still doesn't wrap.



DarlingBri -> RE: text wrap in forms (1/29/2004 14:06:39)

OK, that was bad advice. I looked it up:

wrap
There are three values for the wrap attribute,virtual,physical, andoff. Off is the default value. This defines how the text behaves within the textarea space.

wrap="off" provides no wrapping. Unless your readers hit <ENTER>, the text they type in will scroll along on one long line. The text will be sent to the server as one long line unless the reader hits the carriage return key.
This is an example of a textarea field where the wrap is turned off.

wrap="virtual" wraps the text within the space of the text box, but sends it to the server as one long line, as if no wrapping occurred.
This is an example of a textarea field where the wrap is virtual.

wrap="physical" wraps the text within the text box, and sends it to the server exactly as the reader sees it in the text box.
This is an example of a textarea field where the wrap is physical.

Your code is <p><textarea rows="9" name="Comments" cols="70" wrap="physical" tabindex="38"></textarea></p> and frankly, that looks fine to me. I'm stumped :(



RianAshley -> RE: text wrap in forms (1/29/2004 14:17:00)

Thanks, Bri. I had read this also about wrapping text. I'm stumped too. Now I am wondering if it may have to do with the setting for sending the form through e-mail, which I have set as formatted text within html????



DarlingBri -> RE: text wrap in forms (1/29/2004 16:51:07)

There's no reason to use HTML. Turn that off and see if it wraps?



RianAshley -> RE: text wrap in forms (1/29/2004 17:56:17)

Bri, this is one of the selections you have to pick for saving your e-mail results after you create the form. The e-mail results selection determines how the text will look when it is e-mailed to you. It can be sent as html or database text or formatted text within html. Formatted text within html is what easiest format to read. You may already know this. I don't know what else to do.



DarlingBri -> RE: text wrap in forms (1/30/2004 3:47:27)

OK, then... time to change tracks. I'm a fan of going around the mountain rather than trying to shove it.

Can you find out if your host has sendmail installed on the server, or another form handler? Normally it would then be as simple as changing the <form action="your form handler address"> part.



BeTheBall -> RE: text wrap in forms (1/30/2004 8:24:17)

Bri beat me to it, but was going to say the same thing. I experimented with this last night and it appears the FrontPage email option simply will not wrap or recognize line breaks either. I ran a form through a simple CDONTS script and the email formatted just fine. Like Bri said, find out what email components are supported on your server and then you will just need to create a page with the email script and have your form submit to that page. It's easier than it sounds.



RianAshley -> RE: text wrap in forms (1/30/2004 12:25:35)

Bri and Duane, you guys are great! I will check the server end then. I hope this is the problem. Thanks. I will let you know how it goes. Again, thanks so much!



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