I finally wound up replacing all CR and LF in the string, and stuck it in a
read-only text area. Works like a charm.
Bob M..
"Bob Murdoch" <ram_re_move_5@erols.com> wrote in message
news:O1RwgjiTEHA.2416@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> I have a situation where I call a COM object from ASP that is supposed to
> create a file. On occasion, especially during development, the output of
> the COM function is an error string rather than the file name. I'd like[/color]
to[color=blue]
> display this error string, regardless of it's contents. Right now,
> depending on the error string, I get an error message about missing a
> semicolon or some such. I've tried using Encode and Server.HTMLEncode[/color]
with[color=blue]
> no luck.
>
> The ASP code contains two <DIV>'s. The first one is visible and shows an
> animated progress bar. The second one is hidden initially. Once the COM
> function has returned, the page hides the first <DIV> and[/color]
populates/unhides[color=blue]
> a second <DIV> that either contains the results or an error message.
>
> The ASP code looks like this:
>
> function WriteErrorTable(AErrorMsg)
> {
> Response.write('\n<script language="javascript"
> type="text/javascript">\n');
> Response.write('function GetDivContent()\n');
> Response.write('{\n');
> Response.write(' var vHtmlString = \'\';\n');
> Response.write(' vHtmlString += \'<table border="0" cellpadding="2"
> cellspacing="1">\';\n');
> Response.write(' vHtmlString += \' <tr><td align="center"
> style="color: Red;"><b>An error occurred while creating the
> report</b></td></tr>\';\n');
> Response.write(' vHtmlString += \' <tr><td> </td></tr>\';\n');
> Response.write(' vHtmlString += \" <tr><td>' +
> Server.HTMLEncode(AErrorMsg) + '</td></tr>\";\n');
> Response.write(' vHtmlString += \' <tr><td> </td></tr>\';\n');
> Response.write(' vHtmlString += \' <tr><td align="center"
> style="color: Red;">Please contact your system
> administrator</td></tr>\';\n');
> Response.write(' vHtmlString += \'</table>\';\n');
> Response.write(' return(vHtmlString);\n');
> Response.write('}\n');
> Response.write('</script>\n');
> }
>
> The source of the page causing the error is:
>
> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
> function GetDivContent()
> {
> var vHtmlString = '';
> vHtmlString += '<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1">';
> vHtmlString += ' <tr><td align="center" style="color: Red;"><b>An error
> occurred while creating the report</b></td></tr>';
> vHtmlString += ' <tr><td> </td></tr>';
> vHtmlString += " <tr><td>Error - Error: The report could not be[/color]
created.[color=blue]
>
> (Error writing formula - Invalid formula syntax (Row=10, Col=111,
>[/color]
Formula='if(C10>0,sum(Z10,AB10,AD10,AF10,AH10,A J10,AL10,AN10,AP10,AR10,AT[color=blue]
>[/color]
10,AV10,AX10,AZ10,BB10,BD10,BF10,BH10,BJ10,BL10,BN 10,BP10,BR10,BT10,BV10,BX1[color=blue]
>[/color]
0,BZ10,CB10,CD10,CF10,CH10,CJ10,CL10,CN10,CP10,CR1 0,CT10,CV10,CX10,CZ10,DB10[color=blue]
> ,DD10)/C10,0)'))</td></tr>";
> vHtmlString += ' <tr><td> </td></tr>';
> vHtmlString += ' <tr><td align="center" style="color: Red;">Please
> contact your system administrator</td></tr>';
> vHtmlString += '</table>';
> return(vHtmlString);
> }
> </script>
>
>
> As you can see on the line "(Error writing formula - Invalid formula[/color]
syntax[color=blue]
> (Row=10, Col=111, Formula='if(C10>0,sum", the '>' symbol in the error
> message is being converted to '>' so I'm not sure exactly what[/color]
HTMLEncode[color=blue]
> is doing (or not doing).
>
> tia,
>
> Bob M..
>
>[/color]
How to write any string 
