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Posted By: Mc Brain
Subject: Plain text
Date Posted: 17 June 2003 at 7:36pm

How do you get to show a plain text in an ASP? I want to show some html code (in the page), so that the user can copy and paste it (in their pages). But I want the "<" to be pasted as "<" and not like "<"... and all that stuff.

How can I do this?

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Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 18 June 2003 at 12:54am

If you mean show ASP code on a page, then the quickest way is to use the <xmp> tag, however im unsure of its compatability, other than that using < and > for the < and > at the start and end of code is fine.

http://www.w3schools.com - www.w3schools.com has a list of these types of shortcuts

Posted By: Bullschmidt
Date Posted: 18 June 2003 at 2:41am

Or you might try something using Server.HTMLEncode such as this:

<%
varFld = "Hi <b>there</b>"
varFld = Server.HTMLEncode(varFld)
Response.Write varFld
%>

And the above would show all the code in the initial varFld = line and the word "there" would NOT be bold but instead the user would see the bold tags around it.

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J. Paul Schmidt, Freelance ASP Web Developer
www.Bullschmidt.com - www.Bullschmidt.com
Classic ASP Design Tips, ASP Web Database Sample (Freely Downloadable)

Posted By: Mc Brain
Date Posted: 18 June 2003 at 4:00am

I cannot understand, Bullschmidt why when I tried in a single ASP with nothing but the lines you wrote it worked.... and when I tried to implemented within the ASP I had, it doesn't:

Function Encode(sCode)

Encode = Server.HTMLEncode(sCode)

End Function

<% Response.Write Encode("") %>

I get the "<" pasted instead of the "<". What's going wrong here?

Posted By: Bullschmidt
Date Posted: 18 June 2003 at 6:45am

Yes it does seem like it would do the "<" thing but at least it's down automatically even though the user originally pasted in a < . I just thought it was another approch worth considering.

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J. Paul Schmidt, Freelance ASP Web Developer
www.Bullschmidt.com - www.Bullschmidt.com
Classic ASP Design Tips, ASP Web Database Sample (Freely Downloadable)