Download to csv file

Hi,
Working with Download to csv file feature I realized that for one of my reports that contains an icon (with a link) in one of the columns, is not getting any value for this column in the csv file.
This behaviour is logical due to the fact that we have an image, not a string.
But, is there a way I can edit or force the Download to assign a string value for every icon I have in my report, so when I click in Download, the icon will be represented as a string in the new csv file?
Thanks
Ivo

i'd bet the easiest way to approach this would be to select both your icon and your "string value" columns out of the database and to then use column conditions to determine which columns should be rendered in which output format. so say you had a report that just showed images in one col and a description in the next. i'd write your report to select something like...
select '<img src="'||m.image_path||'">' my_image, m.image_name name, m.image_description
from my_image_table m
...and then i'd a put condition of type "PL/SQL Expression" like...
not htmldb_application.g_excel_format
...on your my_image column. i'd also put a "PL/SQL Expression" condition on your Name column like...
htmldb_application.g_excel_format
...we talked about this a bit in...
Excel Report
...but basically htmldb_application.g_excel_format is just a function that returns a boolean telling you whether or not the HTML DB engine is in the mode of show your page in csv format. anyhow, give it a shot and let us know if you need further assistance.
regards,
raj

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