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Webmaster Forum / ColdFusion / Getting Started / December 2005Internet Explorer <PRE> Tag
I have a SQL Database that has a memo field that contains paragraphs of information. These paragraphs where copied from html pages and pasted into each field, so they lost there formatting. I can use the <PRE> tag with a set width and Netscape Navigator makes the paragraphs appear like they are suppose to but Internet Exporer doesn't use the width and sends each paragraph clear across the screen. This would make a user with IE scroll to their right until they get to the end of each paragraph. Does anyone know a fix for this? I have tried some CSS and setting table widths but I can't get IE to cooperate with me. Most of our users use IE. Here is the code I have for the output. The txt field is the memo field and with the Pre tag it appears correct in Netscape but not in IE. <cfoutput query="getcode"> <strong>#SectionHead#</strong><br> <pre width="100">#txt#</pre> </cfoutput> Thanks Hmmm, I believe IE is using PRE properly according to the HTML specs, which should do as you have indicated. As such, I would find another way around this. If you are only worried about carriage returns you could always convert standard line feeds (either Chr(10) or Chr(13): I always get them reversed) to <BR>'s. Then you can just display it as HTML and if should display with proper wrapping. There are approximately 28,000 memo fields in this database. Could I do what your talking about in the output or would I have to replace 13 spaces in the database with a <br>? You can either do the process as it is coming out or going in. In your case, it may be easier to do it on the output.... <cfoutput query="getcode"> <strong>#SectionHead#</strong><br> #Replace(txt, Chr(10), "<BR>")# </cfoutput> Hey Umbrae, Thank you sooooooo much. The Replace worked awesome and I would have never figured it out. If knew who you were I'd owe you a beer. Thanks My pleasure. Just mark my answer as the solution (should be a link at the bottom of every post), and then drink one for me on New Years. :) |
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