Html tags in pdf printing

Hi ,
I have a pl/sql region which I use to display a report .
Now I want a Pdf output of this pl/sql region. For this I used the Bi publisher and was able to design the report query and report layout as required.
However my problem is that some of the columns in my table have html tags (since the input for these column is through an text area with html editor) . When the PDF is generated the html tags are not converted.
Please advice me on this.
Thanks,
Deepa
Edited by: Deepa J on Sep 25, 2008 6:01 AM

Hi Deepa.
You wont get the HTML to be interpreted in the BI Publisher output I'm afraid.
You'll need to wait for APEX 4.0 for that functionality.
If you're seeing the HTML tags in your PDF and you use a Classic report region you can try selecting the "Strip HTML" option in the Layout and Pagination settings.
Regards
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