Can crystal reports display input in html form?

Question

If I have a varchar column in a SqlServer db containg html, is there any way that crystal reports can display it the way a brower would?

For example, if the field contains the string

<b> <u> This is my text. </u>  </b>

crystal would know to display it as

This is my text.

I am using the crystal reports that comes with vs2008.

Answer 1

I'm not sure which version that is, but you should be able to do something along these lines:

1. Right-click the field, select "Format Field"
2. Select the "Paragraph Formatting" or "Paragraph" tab.
3. Find the "Text interpretation" dropdown, and instead of none, select HTML text.

It might be slightly different depending on the version you are using, but that's the general idea.