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  casajr

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  Need to Put Line Breaks in the Product Description.

  Jun 09, 2009 10:18 PM|LINK

  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.

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  Nowman

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

  Jun 09, 2009 10:30 PM|LINK

  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.

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  casajr

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

  Jun 10, 2009 02:56 AM|LINK

  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.

  <div id="content-main-three-column">

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

  TypeName="Catalog">

  <SelectParameters>

  <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">

  <Fields>

  <asp:TemplateField>

  <ItemTemplate>

  <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 />

   

  <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>

  <!-- END MAIN COLUMN -->

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

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  casajr

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

  Jun 10, 2009 03:28 AM|LINK

  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

  • Marked as answer by casajr on Jun 10, 2009 03:36 AM