Hi,
I am currently developing a forum and have tried converting certain values with the REPLACE method. See the following code:

\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Message = Server.HTMLEncode(strMess) 'converts to safe HTML code
Message = Replace (Message, "'", "''") 'converts ' to ''
Message = Replace (Message, " ", " ") 'converts spaces to html space code
Message = Replace (Message, vbNewLine, "<br>") 'converts ENTER to a <br> tag
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All works fine when I manually press the enter key at the end of a line but when I keep typing and allow for the auto-wrap to take place then the message is continued on the same line.

I would like to use the Len() method to insert a <br> at a certain length of chars but I do not know how to do this.
Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance.:(

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You'll have to do some math and use a combination of Len() and Mid() to check and break apart the string into chunks so you can put a "<br>" into them.

But this raises the question: Why be so restrictive with the width of the text? If you use the right HTML layout, the text should just wrap automatically where appropriate based on the user's current screen and browser sizes.

Peter
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Thank you for your reply.

My problem though is that my code uses an ASP only page to deal with the text submitted either from the top level postings or the replies page. This code then inserts the text into a database and when it is displayed in a web page it forces the screen width to adjust to the width of the continuous text line.

What do you suggest?

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