Textarea Output from Flash Form

[boopower]

In a non-Flash form, I use a textarea field to allow customers to input
multiple lines of product numbers:

For example:
101505
101565
88754

When i process the form, I run the following code to preserve the line breaks:

<cfparam name="attributes.input" default="">
<cfparam name="attributes.output" default="htmlformatted_string">
<cfset temp = attributes.input>
<cfset temp = replace(temp,chr(13)&chr(10)&chr(13)&chr(10),"~"," all")>
<cfset temp = replace(temp,chr(13)&chr(10),"~","all")>
<cfset temp = replace(temp,chr(32)&chr(32)&chr(32),"&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;","all")>
<cfset temp =
replace(temp,chr(9),"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp ;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;","all")>
<cfset x = setvariable("caller."&attributes.output,temp)>

Then I loop through the results using a '~' as a delimiter which I set above:

<CFLOOP LIST="#partrow#" INDEX="thisnum" delimiters="~">
I perform database oerations here with #thisnum# as the item number
</CFLOOP>

HOWEVER, when I switch to using cftextarea in a FLASH FORM, I do not get the
same results, and the resulting test appears as follows:

101505 101565 88754

AND I cannot use a space as a delimiter, because the HTML shows the item as:
101505
101565
88754

with not spaces in the "view source" results...

Has anyone seen this yet and found a workaround? What I need is to find out
how I can process the results of a cftextarea in FLASH CFFORM are parse out the
line breaks into a workable delimiter?

ANY HELP WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATED!

I really need this to work from a Flash Cfform!!!

[Mike Nimer]

Flash will submit the line breaks in the textarea as chr(13), so this should
work for you.

----------------------------------------
<cfdump var="#form#">

<cfparam name="form.foo" default="">
<cfscript>
form.foo = replace(form.foo, chr(13), "~", "all");
</cfscript>

<cfdump var="#form#">

<cfform format="Flash">
<cftextarea name="foo" width="300" height="200"></cftextarea>
<cfinput type="Submit" name="btn" value="Change">
</cfform>
-------------------------------

hth,
---nimer

"boopower" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:d0aaio$oo3$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> In a non-Flash form, I use a textarea field to allow customers to input
> multiple lines of product numbers:
>
> For example:
> 101505
> 101565
> 88754
>
> When i process the form, I run the following code to preserve the line
> breaks:
>
> <cfparam name="attributes.input" default="">
> <cfparam name="attributes.output" default="htmlformatted_string">
> <cfset temp = attributes.input>
> <cfset temp = replace(temp,chr(13)&chr(10)&chr(13)&chr(10),"~"," all")>
> <cfset temp = replace(temp,chr(13)&chr(10),"~","all")>
> <cfset temp =
> replace(temp,chr(32)&chr(32)&chr(32),"&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;","all")>
> <cfset temp =
> replace(temp,chr(9),"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp ;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;","all")>
> <cfset x = setvariable("caller."&attributes.output,temp)>
>
> Then I loop through the results using a '~' as a delimiter which I set
> above:
>
> <CFLOOP LIST="#partrow#" INDEX="thisnum" delimiters="~">
> I perform database oerations here with #thisnum# as the item number
> </CFLOOP>
>
> HOWEVER, when I switch to using cftextarea in a FLASH FORM, I do not get
> the
> same results, and the resulting test appears as follows:
>
> 101505 101565 88754
>
> AND I cannot use a space as a delimiter, because the HTML shows the item
> as:
> 101505
> 101565
> 88754
>
> with not spaces in the "view source" results...
>
> Has anyone seen this yet and found a workaround? What I need is to find
> out
> how I can process the results of a cftextarea in FLASH CFFORM are parse
> out the
> line breaks into a workable delimiter?
>
> ANY HELP WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATED!
>
> I really need this to work from a Flash Cfform!!!
>

[boopower]

YOU ROCK!

That is perfect!

I sure hope this helps others who are trying to do the same thing...

[Velaria]

/cheer YAY!! I was facing this same problem while converting many of my forms to the flash based forms in CFMX7. This was a HUGE help!!!

Many thanks!

[Unregistered]

This was great help!! Thank You..