Character Encoding in Crystal Reports

Hi,
We are using HTML character encoding to prevent SQL injection, i.e. when a special character like apostrophe (') is entered, it is saved as '. I wanted to know if we could manipulate the data in between the two operations of fetching the data from the DB and displaying the data using Crystal?
We could use formulae/functions in the design/query, but I am looking for a more generic solution using Crystal API. I have attached a screenshot of how Mc'Donald is displayed in the Report.
Thanks for the help!
Noopur

All you need to do is format the field in CR to use HTML Text Interpretation. However note that CR does not support all HTML tags. For details see the following KBAs:
1217084 - What are the supported HTML tags and attributes for the HTML Text Interpretation in Crystal Reports?
1272676 - Not all the standard HTML tags are interpreted in Crystal Reports when using HTML Text Interpretation
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