BI Publisher Rich Text formatted output

Question

Dear All,
we are using BIP11g and we want show Rich Text formatted values in PDf output.
this Rich Text formatted data is  stored in oracle database in CLOB data type feild.
Here is how it looks.
{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\uc0\deff0{\fonttbl
{\f0\fswiss\fcharset0\fprq2 Arial;}
{\f1\froman\fcharset2\fprq2 Symbol;}}
{\colortbl;\red0\green0\blue0;\red255\green255\blue255;\red192\green0\blue0;}
{\stylesheet{\s0\f0\fs24 [Normal];}{\*\cs10\additive Default Paragraph Font;}}
{\*\generator TX_RTF32 9.0.311.500;}
\deftab1134\paperw12240\paperh32767\margl1440\margt1440\margr1440\margb1440\pard\plain\f0\fs20 First name, Last Name [Dec 27 2013 : 03:21:49 PM]\line\line\plain\f0\fs20\b This is a Rich  text \plain\f0\fs20\line\line\plain\f0\fs20\cf3 This is a Rich  text \plain\f0\fs20\line\line\plain\f0\fs20\i This is a Rich  text \plain\f0\fs20\line\line\plain\f0\fs20\ul This is a Rich  text \plain\f0\fs20\line\line\plain\f0\fs36 This is a Rich text \plain\f0\fs20\par\pard\par }
However actually this is a formatted text and looks like something like below
This is a Rich  text
This is a Rich  text
This is a Rich  text
This is a Rich  text
This is a Rich  text
Currently BIP PDF output produce the text as is from the database.
How can i convert or process it to get the correct formatted text like above in output.
Thanks,

Answer 1

Follow the process outlined in this blog post: https://blogs.oracle.com/xmlpublisher/entry/formatting_html_with_templates
With Oracle BI Publisher 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.6) release you have support for HTML formatting in data..
Here is an excerpt from the report designer's guide.
Support for HTML Formatting in Data
You can now convert stored XHTML to XSL-FO to display the HTML formatting from your data in your generated report. The XHTML data must be extracted wrapped in a CDATA section. Specific syntax must also be used in the RTF template to render it.
Thanks,
Bipuser