If you are still having trouble with this one, why not try this solution?

1. Figure out how many characters are in a line of your text area by using the length of the textarea anf font size.
2. When the data is passed in, insert line breaks in the appropriate places using a regex similar to this:

   my $length = 20; # Sample length text area line
   
   while ($textData =~ s/(.{$length})/$1\n/gcs)
   {}
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Note: This isn't a particularly good solution, just an odd one.

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