**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-textboxes-to-html/24419/1 "2003-06-30T17:25:39Z")
Hey,
I have an asp recordset which loads into a multiline textbox. Can i set the textbox to be html compatable like in flash? for example
```php
” shows up and what I wanted to be underlined isn’t. Is this possible?
Thanks
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-textboxes-to-html/24419/2 "2003-06-30T17:31:05Z")
i don’t think its possible.
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-textboxes-to-html/24419/3 "2003-06-30T17:37:35Z")
yea neither do i. hmmm guess maybe make the textboxes in flash? than i guess i can render to html text and just add the attributes into the db? dang not sure if that will work. whut do you think i should do jubba. i’m stuck with asp
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-textboxes-to-html/24419/4 "2003-06-30T17:49:52Z")
why do you want to display the text in a textbox?
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-textboxes-to-html/24419/5 "2003-06-30T17:50:33Z")
an alternative may be scrolling **div** tags…
[http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26522&highlight=div](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26522&highlight=div)
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-textboxes-to-html/24419/6 "2003-06-30T17:58:12Z")
well you know whats funny, i am using IFrames in the same page for the content. I guess your right, why not just use more of them. Thanks jubba
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-textboxes-to-html/24419/7 "2003-06-30T17:58:59Z")
np 🙂
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-textboxes-to-html/24419/8 "2003-06-30T18:06:34Z")
yea man much better solution, solved all my problems. yeah for IFRAMES