i'm having trouble Code to ignore <enter> in a Field

[davers]

Hi,

 

Is there a way FusionPro can recognize a hard/soft return in a Field and ignore it?

 

The Field is a multi-line field type. We have formatted the data in the Field to break in 2 lines (after the first "of"), but if the user hits <enter> while typing the info, the data will output an extra break.

 

Example of the correct format is:

Doctor of

Psychology

 

But when the user hits <enter> themselves after the "of" we get an extra line break

 

Doctor of

 

Psychology

 

Thanks for all the help! This Forum has been invaluable!

[Dan Korn]

Exactly where is the user doing this typing? In MarcomCentral? A different Web-to-Print site? Or is this just in Excel or some other flat file text editor?

[davers]

Hi Dan,

 

The user types in the data on EFI Digital Storefront website

[Dan Korn]

The user types in the data on EFI Digital Storefront website

Then you'll need to ask EFI how their web application handles a "soft return" typed by the user into one of its web forms. Ideally, it would turn this into a <br> tag for FusionPro instead of a <p> tag. That's what the Variable Text Editor dialog in FusionPro VDP Creator (Desktop) does when you type Shift+Enter.

[Dan Korn]

Actually, re-reading the original question, the DSF is presumably already placing either a <br> or <p> tag into the field data. So you could just strip these out with a simple JavaScript rule, like so:

return Field("Your Field Name").replace(/<br>|<p>/gi, " ");

 

Although I think it's probably easier to use a single-line field if you really don't want the user to type embedded newlines.