Linefeed problem - please help

Jürgen Heyn · Feb 20, 2004

Good afternoon,
I would like to join several elements in one string. Every element should
have its own line.
After this I would like to display the string on a document.
The following code inserts a space between the elements but the are all in
one line.
Where is my mistake ?
Thank you for any hint.
Best regards
Jürgen Heyn, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

function CreateMailText()
{
var MailText = ""
var obj = self.Inhalt.document;
MailText += "Lieferanschrift\n";
MailText += obj.forms[0].Firma1.value+"\n";
MailText += obj.forms[0].Anrede1.value+"\n";
MailText += obj.forms[0].Vorname1.value+"\n";
MailText += obj.forms[0].Nachname1.value+"\n";

obj.clear();
obj.open();
obj.write('<html>');
obj.write('<head>');
obj.write('</head>');
obj.write('<body bgproperties="fixed"
background="Bilder/Hintergrund.gif">');
obj.write('</head>');
obj.write(MailText);
obj.write('</body>');
obj.write('</html>');
obj.close();
}

Brian Genisio · Feb 20, 2004

Jürgen Heyn said:
Good afternoon,
I would like to join several elements in one string. Every element should
have its own line.
After this I would like to display the string on a document.
The following code inserts a space between the elements but the are all in
one line.
Where is my mistake ?
Thank you for any hint.
Best regards
Jürgen Heyn, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

function CreateMailText()
{
var MailText = ""
var obj = self.Inhalt.document;
MailText += "Lieferanschrift\n";
MailText += obj.forms[0].Firma1.value+"\n";
MailText += obj.forms[0].Anrede1.value+"\n";
MailText += obj.forms[0].Vorname1.value+"\n";
MailText += obj.forms[0].Nachname1.value+"\n";

obj.clear();
obj.open();
obj.write('<html>');
obj.write('<head>');
obj.write('</head>');
obj.write('<body bgproperties="fixed"
background="Bilder/Hintergrund.gif">');
obj.write('</head>');
obj.write(MailText);
obj.write('</body>');
obj.write('</html>');
obj.close();
}

What browser are you using? I have never run into this, but my
intuition would say that you might need to do a carriage return/line
feed, instead of a simple line feed. IOW, "\r\n" instead of "\n".

Unless of course, you are talking about the way that the actual browser
looks. In that case, this is an HTML issue... use

Brian

Michael Winter · Feb 20, 2004

I would like to join several elements in one string. Every element should
have its own line.
After this I would like to display the string on a document.
The following code inserts a space between the elements but the are all
in one line.
Where is my mistake ?

[snip]

You can use document.writeln() in place of document.write(). The former
automatically adds a new line after the text has been written, whereas the
latter does not (as you have discovered).

Mike

Dr John Stockton · Feb 20, 2004

JRS: In article <[email protected]>, seen in

I would like to join several elements in one string. Every element should
have its own line.
After this I would like to display the string on a document.
The following code inserts a space between the elements but the are all in
one line.
Where is my mistake ?

Since you are apparently writing to a page, ISTM likely that you need
 instead of \n; or that you should enclose that part in <pre> ...
</pre>.

Randy Webb · Feb 20, 2004

Jürgen Heyn said:
Good afternoon,
I would like to join several elements in one string. Every element should
have its own line.
After this I would like to display the string on a document.
The following code inserts a space between the elements but the are all in
one line.
Where is my mistake ?
Thank you for any hint.
Best regards
Jürgen Heyn, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

function CreateMailText()
{
var MailText = ""
var obj = self.Inhalt.document;
MailText += "Lieferanschrift\n";
MailText += obj.forms[0].Firma1.value+"\n";
MailText += obj.forms[0].Anrede1.value+"\n";
MailText += obj.forms[0].Vorname1.value+"\n";
MailText += obj.forms[0].Nachname1.value+"\n";

MailText += obj.forms[0].Nachname1.value + "\n ";

The \n will put a new line in the source code, but the br tag is
required to put a new line in the display.

Do it for each and every line above

Jürgen Heyn · Feb 21, 2004

Good afternoon,

thank you very much for your help.
I now got the difference between "\n" and the tag.
To generate a *.html page I use the tag.
Joining the the textlines to be displayed as a .value property of a textarea
I the "\n".
Again thank you very much.
Everybody have a nice weekend.
Best regards
Juergen Heyn, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

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