Removing line breaks in FormAPI

JoeS

We have created a new DCR that generates JSON. However the text fields in TinyMCE are adding line breaks to <li> tags and breaking the JSON format.

 

<ul>

<li>Now the talk is that by doing less, the Fed could trigger a market collapse.</li>
<li>The US economy&rsquo;s forward momentum should also continue to support the stock market.</li>
</ul>

 

I've tried using the following JS function but it's not removing the line breaks. Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

 function removeLineBreaks (item) {

     var description_f = item.getName();
     var description_event = IWDatacapture.getItem(description_f);
        var description_val = description_event.getValue();

      if((description_val != null) || (description_val != "")) {

  var myNewString = description_val.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm,"");
  
  //window.alert(myNewString);

  description_event.setValue(myNewString);

 }
}

 

JoeS

Found a workaround. Added a hidden description field.

 

   <item name="description">
   <textarea external-editor="tinymce" external-editor-config="mfs_configid" cols="60" rows="15" required="t"/>                
  </item> 
   <item name="description2">
    <hidden />
  </item>

 

And then passed the value to this field.

 

 function removeLineBreaks (item) {

  var description_f = item.getName();
  var descrip_val = description_f.replace("/description", "/description2");
  var description_event = IWDatacapture.getItem(description_f);
  var description_val = description_event.getValue();

 

      if((description_val != null) || (description_val != "")) {

  var myNewString = description_val.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm,"");

  IWDatacapture.getItem(descrip_val).setValue(myNewString);

 }
}