[lug] cgi text format

[Paul Bille]

jd > Is there away using cgi i can pass the info from the text box
preserving spacing and format?

jd,

I presume users enter text in your text-box as a string.  The browser
wraps the input to fit within the box but this is just for display.  The
string of text is returned to the server as a command line parameter,
appended to the URL pointing to your cgi application e.g.
	http://www.taproot.bz/myapp.exe?This%xxis%xxthe%xxinput%xxtext.

Everything after the ? Is the data from the text-box.  Some characters
are encoded including spaces and line feeds.  Your app must convert the
encoded characters back to the original character to restore the
formatting.

A well written cgi application will allow the client to embed HTML
formatting commands into the text box.

Hope this helps,
Paul
http://bille.cudenver.edu/author