carriage return in message box
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Topic: carriage return in message box
Posted By: riya_singtel
Subject: carriage return in message box
Date Posted: 17 March 2005 at 2:30am
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ok I am using this piece of code:
<%Dim msg
msg=fun() Response.Write("<" & "script language=VBScript>") Response.Write("MsgBox """ & msg & """<" & "/script>") %> My function fun() written in ASP Vb script returns a string with characters like "<BR>" to separate lines.Now when the message is displayed in the msg box, it does not show in multiple lines but simply includes the <BR> characters. I understand that I will have to use smth other than <BR> for carriage return. I tried VBCRLF, Chr(13) etc but it returns an error that object is undefined..guess I am missing out on the right syntax to use it..
 I tried things like:
disp="This will be displayed" & VBCRLF & "Let's try it"
and
disp="This will be displayed" & '" & VBCRLF & "' & "Let's try it"
None work
Can someone help me with it?
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Replies:
Posted By: Mart
Date Posted: 17 March 2005 at 2:54am
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Try 'This will be displayed \n Let''s try this' |
Posted By: riya_singtel
Date Posted: 17 March 2005 at 3:00am
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USing single quotes for the string displays syntax error.
If I use \n with double quotes, It still dipalys the string with \n character as it is with the complete string in one line
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Posted By: ub3rl337ch3ch
Date Posted: 20 March 2005 at 11:00pm
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as far as javascript alerts are concerned, you need to use \r\n to ensure compatability across all browsers. ie doesn't pick up on \n on its own. This should also apply for asp alerts, because it is essentially the same function with a different name.
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