Small Business Starter Kit

Re: Need to Put Line Breaks in the Product Description.

casajr — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:28:49 GMT

OK, I fixed it. The solution is to change the

<%# Eval("Description")%> to

<%# Eval("Description").ToString().Replace(Environment.NewLine,"<br />") %>

Thanks for pointing me in the direction of Environment.NewLine. I found a link that explains this fully.

http://www.mikesdotnetting.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=20

Re: Need to Put Line Breaks in the Product Description.

casajr — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:56:41 GMT

Thank you for replying. However, I'm not sure how to properly answer your question.

The data string is in an xml file which is read by a .aspx file. The item Description is read by an EVAL command within asp:DetailsView. Code is below.

<asp:ObjectDataSource ID="ObjectDataSourceItem" runat="server" SelectMethod="GetItem"

TypeName="Catalog">

<asp:QueryStringParameter Name="itemId" QueryStringField="itemId" Type="string" DefaultValue="" />

</SelectParameters>

</asp:ObjectDataSource>

<asp:DetailsView ID="DetailsView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateRows="false" AllowPaging="false"

BorderWidth="0" BorderColor="white" DataSourceID="ObjectDataSourceItem">

<asp:TemplateField>

<h1>

<%#Eval("Title")%>

</h1>

<br />

<asp:Image ID="Image1" CssClass="photo-border" runat="server" ImageUrl='<%# "images/" + Eval("ImageUrl") %>'

AlternateText='<%#Eval("ImageAltText")%>' />

<br />

<h2>

<%# Eval("Price","{0:C}")%>

</h2>

<br />

<%# Eval("Description")%>

<br />

In Stock:

<%# IIf(Eval("InStock")= true, "Yes", "No") %>

<hr />

<br />

<asp:Image ID="Image2" CssClass="photo-border" runat="server" ImageUrl='<%# "images/" + Eval("ColorTableUrl") %>'

AlternateText='<%#Eval("ImageAltText")%>' />

</ItemTemplate>

</asp:TemplateField>

</Fields>

</asp:DetailsView>

<a href="Items.aspx">Return to All Items</a><img src="images/arrow.gif" alt="" />

</div>

I'm wondering if something different than EVAL should be used. I'm wondering how to change the text from green back to black.

Re: Need to Put Line Breaks in the Product Description.

Nowman — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:30:15 GMT

what is the container that you are pushing this test to? a label?

try Environment.NewLine, <br />, <br>, \v, (char)11, or \r\n and see if any work.

if not let me know what the configuration error is.

Need to Put Line Breaks in the Product Description.

casajr — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:18:40 GMT

I need to put line breaks in the product description. I'm using XML for now. My product descriptions use bullet points, so I need line breaks. I guess this would also apply to multi-paragraph descriptions. For Example, I would like to see

Product Name
Description
- Feature 1
- Feature 2

What I get now is Description -Feature1 -Feature2.

I have tried \n\r in the description, but they get displayed litterally (Description\n\r-Feature1\n\r-Feature2). I have also tried <br />, but that gives me a configureation error.

Is this something that must be done in VB? If so, how. I need the line breaks, I hope someone can help.