HTML Text Interpretation does not print blank lines

[Former Member]

I have a formula that uses html text interpretation.

When using a paragraph tag, I get no blank lines.

eg. When I have "hello" followed by a paragraph tag followed by "hello", I get

hello

hello

instead of:

hello

hello

I have tried things multiple paragraph tags and multiple "br" tags, but no luck.

I am using Crystal Reports XI Release 2 (11.5.8.826)

I get it when I do a print preview in the designer. I am planning on integrating it with a VB.net 2005 Windows application when I get it working.

Thanks,

Patrick

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello, Patrick;

I can find a note internally but cannot find it externally where you can see it so I will copy it below.

There appears to be a workaround that is still valid.

This is a design question and you may find mor in depth information if you post it to the Crystal Reports Design Forum.

Elaine

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1217413 - Incorrect formatting with HTML paragraph tag in HTML Text Interpretation

Symptom

In Crystal Reports versions 9 and 10, when formatting a field with the HTML Text option selected for Text Interpretation, the paragraph tag (<p>) creates a new paragraph without a blank line below it.

Cause

The issue has been identified and tracked under ID ADAPT00164750.

NOTE

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Resolution

To work around this behavior, create a formula to replace the single paragraph tag with two paragraph tags separated by a space as follows:

//Note the space in between the 2 <p> tags

Replace({TableName.FieldName}, "<p>","<p> <p>")

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NOTE:

For more information regarding supported HTML tags and attributes with HTML Text Interpretation, please refer to Knowledge Base article c2014842.

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[Former Member]

Hello, Patrick;

I am going to repeat the resolution here. I see the code did not format well.

Resolution

To work around this behavior, create a formula to replace the single paragraph tag with two paragraph tags separated by a space as follows:

//Note the space in between the 2 "p" tags

Replace({TableName.FieldName}, "<p>","<p> <p>")

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NOTE:

For more information regarding supported HTML tags and attributes with HTML Text Interpretation, please refer to Knowledge Base article c2014842.

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Elaine