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Re: Word wrapping on Comments?

boloyang — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:41:44 GMT

I tried this and it worked for me. What I basically did was commented out the <pre> tags in the htlm and added three right before the ending </pre> tags. Works fine and looks good to me.

Re: Word wrapping on Comments?

BillKrat — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:24:51 GMT

Hi Susan,

I run my email body through a formatter, e.g., string myEmailBody = Formatter.FormattedContent(e.BodyText);

The code for it follows; you'll see that I added some additional formatting commands.

/// <summary>
/// Summary description for Formatter
/// </summary>
public class Formatter{

    public static string FormattedContent(string textToFormat, bool isWordWrap) {
        return FormattedContent(textToFormat);
    }

public static string FormattedContent(string textToFormat) {

string comment = textToFormat;

comment = HttpContext.Current.Server.HtmlEncode(comment);
 comment = comment.Replace(" ", "  ");
 comment = comment.Replace("\t", "     ");
 comment = comment.Replace("----", "<HR>");
 comment = comment.Replace("\r", " ");
 comment = comment.Replace(">>", ">");
 comment = comment.Replace("<<", "<");
 comment = comment.Replace("[!", "");
 comment = comment.Replace("[[", "");
 comment = comment.Replace("]]", "");
 return comment;
 }

public static string CommandLegend() {
 string retVal =
 "Formatting commands follow: " +
 "<table border=1>" +
 " <tr><td bgcolor=Gainsboro>Syntax</td>" +
 " <td bgcolor=Gainsboro>Would appear as</td></tr>" +
 " <tr>" +
 " <td>" +
 " [!This is a test]]" +
 " </td>" +
 " <td>" +
 " This is a test</td>" +
 " </tr>" +
 " <tr>" +
 " <td>" +
 "  [[This is a test]]" +
 " </td>" +
 " <td>" +
 " This is a test</td>" +
 " </tr>" +
 " <tr>" +
 " <td>" +
 " ----;</td>" +
 " <td>" +
 " Horizontal line</td>" +
 " </tr>" +
 " <tr>" +
 " <td>" +
 " <>Hi!<></td>" +
 " <td>" +
 " Hi!</td>" +
 " </tr>" +
 "</table>" ;
 return retVal;
 }

public Formatter()
{

}
}

Re: Word wrapping on Comments?

funluckykitty — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:16:28 GMT

I'm sending a confirmation email that includes text entered in a text box, but am losing all hard returns when the email is sent. How do I keep the hard returns, or add a ?

Re: Word wrapping on Comments?

dylandu — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:12:26 GMT

BillKrat:

Hi Dy,

Didn't get a notification on this one - sorry about the delay (I was browsing around and stumbled in).

In the migration to .NET 2.0 I scraped a lot of my old stuff (to start over) to include the code I used to do the wordwrap so I had to figure it out again EXCEPT! I found an easy HTML method on the Microsoft site :) Its the magical line in red!

\Issues\UserControls\comments.ascx

<asp:TemplateColumn>
 <ItemTemplate>
 <table border="1">
 <tr>
 <td bgcolor="#000099" >
 
 <asp:Label id="lblCreatorDisplayName" Runat="Server" Font-Italic="True" />
  commented on 
 <asp:Label id="lblDateCreated" Runat="Server" Font-Italic="True" />  
 
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>
 <div style="width:780;word-wrap:break-word;left:0" id="ltlComment" Runat="Server" />
 </td>
 </tr>
</table>
</ItemTemplate>

Just addtion, it will be perfect with attribute "word-break:break-all" being added.

So the statement should like this:

div style="width:780;word-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-all;left:0" id="ltlComment" Runat="Server" ></div>

Re: Word wrapping on Comments?

juniordude — Fri, 26 May 2006 09:28:06 GMT

This fix worked for me. Thanks mcsenow

juniordude

Re: Word wrapping on Comments?

BillKrat — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:54:24 GMT

The following site has an online converter - tried to run it but I wouldn't be able to tell you if it did a good job or not (you would ;).

I ran one method at a time (online). Hope this helps!

http://csharpconverter.claritycon.com/Default.aspx

Re: Word wrapping on Comments?

Dycacian — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:05:04 GMT

one problem I see is that You are writing in C# and I am in VB, but I still might be able to use the logic, and build somthing that does the same thing, though it will take some time. I just have to figure it out.

-Dy

Re: Word wrapping on Comments?

Dycacian — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:02:42 GMT

I was talking about this forum.. I posted some code, and it messed it all up hehe.

I haven't tried your second idea yet. . I am just about to check it out . :D

thanks,

Re: Word wrapping on Comments?

BillKrat — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:51:35 GMT

Dycacian wrote:
Well it ate my code up, but it is just the original HTML without the PRE tags.

Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Let me know if we don't have you where you need to be and we'll get you there :)

Re: Word wrapping on Comments?

Dycacian — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:18:11 GMT

Well it ate my code up, but it is just the original HTML without the PRE tags.

Re: Word wrapping on Comments?

BillKrat — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:41:14 GMT

[Dy] Also note that I am a fledgling programmer, so I may be missing somthing that is VERY obvious to you :).

Not so obvious so your doing good :) Since we're using a <div> versus a literal we have to change the ltlComment type to an HtmlGenericControl type (reference code below). I provided a formatting class so that the resulting output more closely resembles what the user typed in. It also includes additional formatting commands to save typing.

\Issues\UserControls\Comments.ascx.cs

void grdCommentsItemDataBound(Object s, DataGridItemEventArgs e) {
    if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item || e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem) {
         IssueComment currentComment = (IssueComment)e.Item.DataItem;

         Label lblCreatorDisplayName = (Label)e.Item.FindControl( "lblCreatorDisplayName" );
         lblCreatorDisplayName.Text = currentComment.CreatorDisplayName;

         Label lblDateCreated = (Label)e.Item.FindControl( "lblDateCreated" );
         lblDateCreated.Text = currentComment.DateCreated.ToString("f");

         HtmlGenericControl ltlComment = (HtmlGenericControl) e.Item.FindControl("ltlComment");
         ltlComment.InnerHtml = clsFormatter.mFormattedContent(currentComment.Comment,true);
   }
}

public class clsFormatter{
 public static string mFormattedContent(string tsTextToFormat, bool blnWordWrap) {
 return mFormattedContent(tsTextToFormat);
 }
 public static string mFormattedContent(string tsTextToFormat) {
 string lsComment = tsTextToFormat;
 lsComment = HttpContext.Current.Server.HtmlEncode(lsComment);
 lsComment = lsComment.Replace(" ", "  ");
 lsComment = lsComment.Replace("\t", "     ");
 lsComment = lsComment.Replace("\r", " ");
 lsComment = lsComment.Replace(">>", ">");
 lsComment = lsComment.Replace("<<", "<");
 lsComment = lsComment.Replace("[!", "");
 lsComment = lsComment.Replace("!]", "");
 lsComment = lsComment.Replace("[[", "");
 lsComment = lsComment.Replace("]]", "");
 return lsComment;
}

Re: Word wrapping on Comments?

Dycacian — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:30:43 GMT

Unless I did somthing wrong It didn't work. it gave me an Invalid Cast error.

My code looks like this. My line is in red. Notice the lack of <PRE> tags

commented on <hr />

NOTE: I tried this a few different ways. I did it with the original code behind in place, and With the modified code. Both had the same result.

Original Code = ltlComment.Text = Server.HtmlEncode(currentComment.Comment)

Modified Code = ltlComment.Text = Replace(currentComment.Comment, System.Environment.NewLine, " ")

Also note that I am a fledgling programmer, so I may be missing somthing that is VERY obvious to you :). But I am trying hehe. At least I was able to modify it enough to get it into production. I just want to beable to give as many features as possible.

Thanks for all your help. I guess in the end I could just use the <xmp> tags, but I would rather not have to train all my users to remember that.

THanks,

Re: Word wrapping on Comments?

BillKrat — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 02:57:16 GMT

Hi Dy,

Didn't get a notification on this one - sorry about the delay (I was browsing around and stumbled in).

In the migration to .NET 2.0 I scraped a lot of my old stuff (to start over) to include the code I used to do the wordwrap so I had to figure it out again EXCEPT! I found an easy HTML method on the Microsoft site :) Its the magical line in red!

\Issues\UserControls\comments.ascx

<asp:TemplateColumn>
 <ItemTemplate>
 <table border="1">
 <tr>
 <td bgcolor="#000099" >
 
 <asp:Label id="lblCreatorDisplayName" Runat="Server" Font-Italic="True" />
  commented on 
 <asp:Label id="lblDateCreated" Runat="Server" Font-Italic="True" />  
 
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>
 <div style="width:780;word-wrap:break-word;left:0" id="ltlComment" Runat="Server" />
 </td>
 </tr>
</table>
</ItemTemplate>

Re: Word wrapping on Comments?

Dycacian — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:07:48 GMT

BillKrat,

Have you seen anything like the code you wrote in VB? I am having to do all of this in VB, so I am forced for now to just remove the PRE tags, but I want to get back the ability to show code samples. If you or anyone else hasany ideas, please let me know.

Thanks,

Re: Word wrapping on Comments?

BillKrat — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 05:02:32 GMT

Below is an excerpt from my requirements log (Issue Tracking). I required the <PRE></PRE> tags so I went the route of the WrapText() method. If your interested in the code I provide a link below it. The area in blue is the original code.

// WK.2005.04.16 RQ32
// Moved txtComment.Text.Trim() from following line to WrapText parameter
// Wrapped wordwrap in error handler and defined comment so it is in scope
IssueComment comment;
try {
      string lsComment = GWN.String.clsStuff.WrapText(txtComment.Text.Trim(),110);
      comment = new IssueComment(IssueId, lsComment, Page.User.Identity.Name);
} catch (Exception loError){
      // Wordwrap is in test - if we have an unforeseen error we don't want
      // to lose the comment. We can use the comment line to troubleshoot
      // the error.
      comment = new IssueComment(IssueId, txtComment.Text.Trim(), Page.User.Identity.Name);
}

https://www.amarillo.tv/Programming/Issues/IssueDetail.aspx?id=32

Note: It is attached as clsStuff (evolved to wordwrap - have to rename it one day;). It calls two methods from the Foxpro Toolkit; a public domain library created for Foxpro developers - it is chock full of very useful methods. The cool things is they provide source code for all methods in VB and C#. I have the VFPToolkitNET.ZIP available on the attachment tab also.