Because BR tags aren't paragraph tags. It's paragraphFormat, not newlineAsHtmlFormat. It's simple to replace newlines with BR tags, if that's what you want.
cheers, barneyb On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Chad Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I take text in with a standard <textarea> tag and I try using > paragraphFormat() to display on on my display page I don't get the carriage > returns. > > I type into text area: > Black > Cyan > Magenta > Yellow > > And paragraphFormat outputs this in the HTML. > Black Cyan Magenta Yellow <P> > > Why didn't it use <br />'s ?? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:305466 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
