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style='font-size:10.0pt'>MCDONNELL, LARRY wrote:</span></font></pre><pre><font
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style='font-style:italic'> I have a form that the field length for that element is set to 65k in </span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> the database. Using a textbox, the person can enter their information. I </span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
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style='font-style:italic'> now want to view the text. I can again use a text box but what I want to </span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
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style='font-style:italic'> do is this –</span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
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style='font-style:italic'> <dtml-var mytext></span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
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style='font-style:italic'> If I use this format, the text is one line. Are there arguments or a </span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
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style='font-style:italic'> script that will add carriage return/line feed after you set the parameters?</span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>You can wrap it in HTML <pre> tags. This preserves formatting on layout.</span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Otherwise, you'll have to replace the newlines in your text with <br/> </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>tags. Products.PythonScripts.standard.newline_to_br will do this for </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>you, as will the newline_to_br attribute on the dtml-var tag. (You can </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>find this in the Zope online help.)</span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> --jcc</span></font></pre>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks for the help, it seems my company blocks lists
so I did not get your response until this morning when I checked the archives.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt'>Thanks,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Larry McDonnell</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Coordinator of Educational Technology</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>New Haven Public Schools</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>54 Meadow Street</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>New Haven</span></font>, CT 06519</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><a href="mailto:larry.mcdonnell@new-haven.k12.ct.us">larry.mcdonnell@new-haven.k12.ct.us</a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>(203) 946-2440</span></font></p>
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