embed a html link in a report

[ianlufc]

hi guys

i want to display a html link
<a href="http://www.website.com/">Visit my site!</a>
in my report.

it is stored in the DB as a string exactly as above, so i am wondering what do i have to do to my report in order to show this as a link.

the column that the data is in will have normal strings and also links

The Version of BIRT viewer being used is 2.3.2

Thanks in advance

Ian

[mwilliams]

Hi Ian,

Can you show a small sample of what the data looks like, so I can see where that item is in your dataSet? You should be able to use a text box with type html selected to display the link.

[ianlufc]

Hi Michael

The data returned could look like the following

row 1: Ian
row 2: tom
row 3: <a href="url">Gmail</a>
row 4: <a href="url">Yahoo</a>
row 5: Sean


The data could be random what i mean is it could be a link or it could be text.
Is it possible to do the above having some links returned and some normal text.

If not for now i can have them all as links as that is the better solution at the minute.
Thanks

[mwilliams]

Ian,

If you replace the data element with a text element and put the following as the expression text, it should work.

<VALUE-OF format="HTML">row["data"]</VALUE-OF>

You can also see this in the image below. Make sure you choose type HTML for the text box.

[ianlufc]

Michael Thanks a million
i had nearly got it i was missing format="HTML"

Many Thanks for your swift replies
Ian

[mwilliams]

Ian,

No problem! Glad to help.