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  • schmoolie
    New Member
    • Feb 2008
    • 2
    #1

    Display Hyperlinks from Stored Text

    Hi -

    I have a job board site where users input position descriptions and "how to apply" information. Invariably, the How to Apply field contains email and web addresses that display as plain text when I show them on dynamically-generated pages. How do I get hyperlinks to show up? I'm a beginner, using asp and Sql Server.

    Thanks for any help you can provide.
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    • CroCrew
      Recognized Expert Contributor
      • Jan 2008
      • 564
      #2
      Hello schmoolie,

      Here are a few examples:

      Example 1:
      [code=asp]
      <%response.writ e("<a href='www.Micro soft.com'>Micro soft</a>")%>
      [/code]

      Example 2
      [code=asp]
      <%response.writ e("<a href='" & MyRs("DatabaseU RL") & "'>" & MyRs("DatabaseS iteName") & "</a>")%>

      [/code]

      Hope it help you out~

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        • schmoolie
          New Member
          • Feb 2008
          • 2
          #3
          Thanks, but I'm looking for something that will display a textfield that includes a bunch of plain text with a hyperlink embedded in it. I don't want to display the entire text output as a hyperlink, just the portion of it that's a web address or an email address. This will likely be embedded somewhere in an unpredictable place in the text.




          Originally posted by CroCrew
          Hello schmoolie,

          Here are a few examples:

          Example 1:
          [code=asp]
          <%response.writ e("<a href='www.Micro soft.com'>Micro soft</a>")%>
          [/code]

          Example 2
          [code=asp]
          <%response.writ e("<a href='" & MyRs("DatabaseU RL") & "'>" & MyRs("DatabaseS iteName") & "</a>")%>

          [/code]

          Hope it help you out~

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            • CroCrew
              Recognized Expert Contributor
              • Jan 2008
              • 564
              #4
              Are you saying that you want to embed a hyperlink within a <textarea> of a <form>?

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                • CroCrew
                  Recognized Expert Contributor
                  • Jan 2008
                  • 564
                  #5
                  As far as I know you cannot have active HTML code in a <textarea>. What you could do is use a Rich Text Area that would allow you to use HTML. But, this would not be a <form> element. But again, with some advanced JavaScript you could pull the information out of the Rich Text Area and submit it along with a <form> if need be.

                  Here is some code:
                  Code:
                  <html>
	<head>
		<title>Example</title>
		<style>
			#xTextArea 
			{ 
				height: 200px; 
				width: 400px; 
				border: medium inset #CCCCCC; 
				overflow: auto; 
			} 
		</style>
	</head>
	<body>
		<div id="xTextArea"> 
			 This is a link to <a href='www.Microsoft.com'>Microsoft</a> home page.<br>
			 <%response.write(MyRs("MessageFromDatabase")%>
		</div> 
	</body>
</html>
                  Hope this helps~

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