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evanr
April 21, 2021
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PDF from XSL-FO: Display Rich Text

  • April 21, 2021
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Hi All,

I am using the PDF from XSL-FO smart service to generate a PDF.  I'm generating the XML/XSL docs for the smart service via expressions that query the database.  I'd like to let users enter text in a rich text editor, and have that rich text preserved in the PDF.

For example, the user enters a list in the rich text editor.  The database value is something like <ul><li>item 1</li><li>item 2</li></ul>.

Currently, my PDF generation just shows the HTML as the exact string <ul><li>item 1</li><li>item 2</li></ul>.  Does anyone know of a way to display the formatted HTML in the PDF?  The only thing I can think of is to build some expressions to generate the correct XSL and then strip the HTML in the XML.  Any easier approach?