Use HTML Tags in field text

m_lyons

Hi everyone. I was just wondering if there is a way to use html tags in text to change its formatting when sent to the report.

I am printing a rather complex report and want to allow the user to bold text for instance. I was trying to do something like this:

text text text bold text bold text italic textmore bold textmore text.

Is there a way to do this?

The text I'm sending to the report could have very different formatting, so I was hoping to handle this on the fly based on the text value provided...

Thanks for your help.

ipong

use richtext object and try this library: https://www.sautinsoft.com/products/html-to...tnet-csharp.php

m_lyons

ipong wrote: »

use richtext object and try this library: https://www.sautinsoft.com/products/html-to...tnet-csharp.php

Thank you! I will take a look at that over the weekend. I really appreciate your help!

ipong

textobject has a property called 'htmltags', set it to true.

or

if you're not satisfied, use demo version of sautinsoft.htmltortf

SautinSoft.HtmlToRtf htmlToRtf = new SautinSoft.HtmlToRtf();
string trial = htmlToRtf.ConvertString("This is a [b]bold text[/b]");
int i = trial.IndexOf("\\par\n_");
string result = trial.Substring(0, i);

// in fastreport richtextobject
Rich1.Text = result;

m_lyons

ipong wrote: »

textobject has a property called 'htmltags', set it to true.

or

if you're not satisfied, use demo version of sautinsoft.htmltortf

SautinSoft.HtmlToRtf htmlToRtf = new SautinSoft.HtmlToRtf();
string trial = htmlToRtf.ConvertString("This is a [b]bold text[/b]");
int i = trial.IndexOf("\\par\n_");
string result = trial.Substring(0, i);

// in fastreport richtextobject
Rich1.Text = result;

Thank you for your help. I decided to try using the RichTextBox Control in Fast Reports and sending the rtf text to Fast Reports with my other data. Instead of showing the formatted text in the RichTextBox Control, it shows the actual ascii information in text form...

The text in my RichTextBox Control looks like this: {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Microsoft Sans Serif;}}
\viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs16 This is \b\fs16 bold\b0\fs16 text and this is\i\fs16 italic \i0\fs16 text\par
}


I don't see a property to turn RTF on or off...

And the RichTextBox that I'm typing my sample text in is formatting properly and loading previously formatted text properly.

I tried typing my text into the RichTextBox Control in Fast Reports and formatting it manually and this did work, though I can't seem to find a way to see the actual ascii (I was hoping to use this to trouble shoot).

Thank you again for your help.

m_lyons

Never mind, I figured it out.

While you use the Text property for the Text Boxes, you use the Data Column property for the RichTextBox objects!

What a stupid mistake!

Thank you so much for your help!

Polomint

m_lyons wrote: »

What a stupid mistake!

Making a mistake once and learning from it, is never stupid.

And sharing your discovery with others, so they may avoid the trap you were caught by, is an act that should be rewarded!