Link to an external website based on form item

Hello,
How to create a link to an external site based on the value of a read only item in a form?
I have a read only form (not a report because of layout issues) which presents address information. One of the items contains a site-address. Is it possible to present this field in a way users can click on it to navigate to the site?
Thank you,
Philip

Thank you Varad,
The data source for the item P21_WEB_SITE is a database column (a varchar2(100) ).
I created a second item where the data source is based on a PL/SQL Function Body:
declare
lv_return VARCHAR2(500);
begin
lv_return := '&lta href="http://'
||:P21_WEB_SITE
||'/"'
||'target="_blank"'
||'&gt'
||:P21_WEB_SITE
||'&lt/a&gt'
return lv_return;
end;
Property Display as = Display as text (does not save state)
So problem solved !
Philip

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