Auto-formatting a text box..

[Chandler_90]

I'm trying to display a large field of data in a text box but woud like it to be formatted upon the page loading.

For example..

In my database I have the following entry -

ID
1

Data
<li>xxxxx</li><br><li>xxxxx</li><br><li>xxxxx</li><br><li>xxxxx</li><br>

I would preferably like it to be formatted within a text box on the page to be displayed like so -

<li>xxxxx</li><br>
<li>xxxxx</li><br>
<li>xxxxx</li><br>
<li>xxxxx</li><br>

However it always displays as follows -

<li>xxxxx</li><br><li>xxxxx</li><br><li>xxxxx</li><br><li>xxxxx</li><br>

I am trying to create a menu for a restuarant but require a admin end where the data can be customised.. hence the <li> tags..
However I think it would look better if the text was preformatted.
Could this be done with a form of "input mask" or something similar?
Thanks for looking..

 

[ClearChaos]

better off using something like fck editor or html area as its going to be a lot easier to edit the content

other than that, this is not something ive tried in a while but you can replace the <BR> tags with either "vbcr" or "vbcrlf" when you write the string and vice versa when post the form back for the update

 

[Chandler_90]

Got my head round it..

I just continued with the project and wrote the SQL update string..
I then applied this to the action property of the form and then entered the data as I wanted it to appear.

I then executed the SQL update string I had wrote earlier and it then saved the information.. along with the formatting.

Champion lol..