form field formatting

[Sharon Gano]

I used the following method to display a form field that was passed from a
previous page:

<% = request("field_name") %>

This method displays the field contents inside of a text box. Is there any
way to display the field contents as just flat text instead?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

<%=Request.Form("Fieldname")%>

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[MD Websunlimited]

Sharon,

It will only display it inside a text box if it is used as the value of a text box, e.g.,

<input type="text" value="<% =request("field_name") %>" name="mytextbox" />

to display as plain text

<span class="plainText" ><%=request("field_name") %></span>

The reason for embedding it in a span tag is that it allows you to use CSS to format the text if you wish.