Hi Simon,
I don't encounter the same problem as you when I read similar
placeholders in asp code. The value I get back from the placeholder is
in HTML, and so I get back something like "Hello World". You
should check that the placeholder is output in HTML format to prevent
this from happening. When you edit the placeholder, check that the you
have 'Do not convert characters to HTML' unchecked.
On Oct 22, 4:56 am, "Simon Lewis, UK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm struggling with a really fundamental problem and wondering if
> anyone has any bright ideas...
>
> I need to put the contents of a standard text placeholder into an ASP
> variable so that I can use ASP to manipulate the text. Here's the
> only way I know how:
>
> <%
> my_asp_variable = "<%std_reddot_text_placeholder%>"
> %>
>
> That's perfect until someone puts a value in the placeholder that
> contains a quote character, because when ASP reaches the quote
> character, it thinks the string assignation has ended, and throws an
> error on the remaining contents of the placeholder.
>
> I thought of using the Replace function in various ways...
>
> <%
> my_asp_variable = Replace("<%std_reddot_text_placeholder%>", """",
> Chr(34))
> %>
>
> <%
> my_asp_variable = escape("<%std_reddot_text_placeholder%>")
> %>
>
> ...but the simple truth is that the problem lies in the fact that
> this:
>
> "<%std_reddot_text_placeholder%>"
>
> ...is effectively turned into this:
>
> "here is the text in my placeholder which contains "quoted" text"
>
> I'm sure loads of other people have met this problem... any ideas on
> how to get round it?
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