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#1 ianlufc

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Posted 22 June 2009 - 07:14 AM

hi guys

i want to display a html link
Visit my site!
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

#2 mwilliams

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Posted 22 June 2009 - 10:25 AM

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.

Regards,

Michael

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#3 ianlufc

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Posted 22 June 2009 - 11:59 PM

Hi Michael

The data returned could look like the following

row 1: Ian
row 2: tom
row 3: Gmail
row 4: Yahoo
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