Using Rich Text Format

Question

I have a client request to look into the capabilities of converting Rich Text Format (RTF) into HTML. This is not regular rich text encoding, it's the older version of it. A sample might look something such as this 
 " {\rtf1\ansi\deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0 Times New Roman;}} \f0\fs24 Hello, world!}" 
 I cannot seem to find any information on interactions between Appian and RTF. All of my searches return information relating to Appian's new rich text editor components. Is this something that simply does not exist? Was RTF deemed "too old" for Appian to work with it? Any information on the topic would be a huge help, even if it's just confirmation that there is nothing that currently handles RTF within Appian.

Stefan Helzle · Answer

There is no support for RTF in Appian. 
 In case you think about building a plugin, this does not seem to be overly complicated. 
 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22387099/converting-rtf-to-html-with-format-in-java

Harsha Sharma · Answer

You can look into Aspose Word Functionalities plugin which enables conversion of RTF documents into HTML using 'Conversion' Smart Service.

Mike Schmitt · Answer

Stefan Helzle said: this does not seem to be overly complicated. 
 
 I'd be surprised if some version of that couldn't be accomplished in an OOB expression rule, too. Other than the possibility of format nesting (which is still solvable), it looks like it might just be a matter of 1:1 text replacements with the HTML-style text tags that the Styled Text Editor (for example) uses.