<ole>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html>
<head>
<title>TITLE</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style type="text/css">
#testDiv, #txt {
font-family: verdana;
font-size: 11px;
width: 300px;
}
#testDiv {
position: absolute;
visibility: hidden;
z-index: 100;
}
#txt {
border: 1px solid red;
overflow: auto;
}
</style>
<script type="text/JavaScript">
var d=document;
function setTxtArea() {
var txt = d.getElementById("txt");
var testDiv = d.getElementById("testDiv");
txt.style.height = testDiv.offsetHeight + 15 + "px";
txt.value = testDiv.innerHTML.replace(/<br>/gi, "\n");
}
window.onload = setTxtArea;
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="testDiv">
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.<br><br>Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.<br><br>Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.<br><br>Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
</div>
<textarea id="txt">jkjlkj</textarea>
</body>
</html>
/mvh
</bole>