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  • March 4, 2009 at 2:00 pm

    #201028

    Is there a way to store rich text in a database field (formatting such as bold, underline, bullets, line breaks, etc) and have that appear in a report?

    I have never heard of this, but my client insists on being able to do this.

    Please help.

    Thanks.

  • March 4, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    #953603

    Sorry... posted under the wrong topic. I have moved to Report Development.

  • March 4, 2009 at 3:12 pm

    #953644

    pretty much every db reporting tool out there...from freebies written in Delphi , to crystal reports, etc, all have an RTF object that you just point to the field in the database.

    Reporting services, since it's web based, doesn't have one, but you can add it pretty easily...you end up using an RTF converter, which formats to HTML.

    I used this article, which is kind of long, but it worked for me after i got it working:

    Binaryworld - Displaying RTF formatted text in SQL 2005 Reporting ...

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