HTML Tags in Crystal

Hello All,
Since my replies were deleted for some unknown reason from the feature requests thread,
I Thought that i might be missing something and Maybe someone can shed some light on this issue for me...
We're using Sql Server 2008 to store our data, in some tables we're using varchar(max) as data type and we store huge HTMLs inside them.
unfortunately, crystal reports support text length only up to 65534, which give's us a big headache because we have to use our own workaround to cut these huge HTMLs in 65k chunks and yet make them look as if they were in one piece.
What we can't work around, is the lack of support in basic HTML Tags, such as <TABLE>.
every text that was originaly authored inside a table tag, will be stripped down from the table to a messed text...
Does anyone have a solution/workaround for this issue? we desperately need the ability to display this HTML element in the report, but for now we're unable to.
Please help, Thank you.

hey Muskito,
there is another method that you can try. there is an option to activate Pass Through HTML which will then allow fields and formulae containing html to show up as html. the activation of Pass Through HTML is a supported feature of businessobjects enterprise since version xi.
before you waste too much time on this, here are the limitations:
1) you cannot export the html as html...i.e. if you export a report with pass through html the html will show up as text instead of html
2) you cannot use the crystal reports viewer print option...sometimes the browser print functionality will suffice
3) paging can be an issue as the cr print engine doesn't know the sizing of the html being printed
to see how to activate pass through html, go to the webelements page [here |Crystal Reports webElements]and download the files...in the User Guide there are instructions on how to activate pass through html on your system.
cheers,
jamie

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