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HTML Elements in PDF Output

A variety of html elements are now available for use in formating data in PDF reports created by APPX output processes.

HTML Elements in PDF Output
- Supported Elements:
- Comments:

HTML tags may be embedded within an ALPHA field or a TEXT field to specify how the field value is to be formated when printed.

The field must be added to the image with a widget type of LABEL or TEXT AREA.

The field value must begin with "<html>". The entire contents of the field will then be considered to be HTML text.

If no widget is specified or if a RAW TEXT widget type is specified, the contents of the field will be printed without formating.

The label value of a LABEL widget may contain HTML tags as a way of formating the label value when printed.

Standard APPX text formating within a TEXT field is compatible with html formating as follows:

An APPX end-of-paragraph character ("¶" - xB6/182) has the same effect as a <br> element.
An APPX required space character ("_" - x5F/95) has the same effect as a   (no break space).

When an ALPHA field that contains end-of-paragraph characters ("¶") or underline characters ("_") is printed, these characters are not interpreted as text formating characters and are instead printed like any other characters regardless of whether the field contains HTML elements.