RTF Text Interpretation

[SpiderBear6]

Hi I am trying to get a database field to be partly bolded. The data in the database is currently in HTML and I tried to use the HTML Text Interpretation under Paragraph but it is not there on my machine. So I thought I would use the RTF Text on (which is there)..

This is what I have in the database field (one of them)

test \b 'gggggggg' \b0 blah

I want the 'gggggggg' to be bold but I am not sure whether they are the right tags for RTF.

When crystal displays the field, it just displays it as it appears in the database, instead of responding to the formating tags.

Please help.

 

[synapsevampire]

Please post your Crystal version, generally when requesting technical advice it's a good idea to post as much about your environment as possible.

Here's a whitepaper on text interpretation, you should have HTML as an option, try another field, or perhaps there's something wrong with your install:

http://support.crystaldecisions.com/library/kbase/articles/c2001776.asp

-k

 

[SpiderBear6]

Sorry about that... I am using the crystal reports from VB.Net but I do also have crystal reports 8.5 installed on my machine.

 

[synapsevampire]

Hmmm, perhaps there's some conflict there.

I know that CR 9 can coexist with other versions, but I didn't think that any other versions could.

Try it in CR 8.5

-k

 

[SpiderBear6]

I get both the RTF and the HTML options in Crystal Reports 8.5. Maybe Crystal Reports.Net only has RTF?

 

[SpiderBear6]

I only really want it so that I can bold certain words. Is there a way I can interpret the tags with a formula? If I had to choose between html and rtf tags, I'd pick html. Sorry for asking dumb questions but I'm new to Crystal Reports.

 

[synapsevampire]

The formula would have the same means, by using text interpretation. Give it a try though, perhaps you have some odd data type that while in a formula will alloow HTML as an option to show up.

-k

 

[SpiderBear6]

I can use the RTF one but it doesn't seem to work... not sure if I have the RTF tags correct.

 

[SpiderBear6]

Well the tags are correct... it just doesn't work.


aarrgghh...

 

[SpiderBear6]

I think Microsoft stuffed up.. because the RTF text interpretation in Crystal Reports .Net does not work at all.

 

[SpiderBear6]

Someone stuffed up...

http://support.crystaldecisions.com/library/kbase/articles/c2011755.asp

The solution makes no sense at all to me.