Subject Re: evaltags in a custom report From Charlie <tm@tc.com> Date Sat, 08 May 2021 09:30:52 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Yes it is text, not text label...I'll try that. Mervyn Bick Wrote: > On 2021/05/06 19:11, Ken Mayer wrote: > > > Um, if there are HTML tags in the text being displayed they will be > > evaluated as well as the text control is able to. Trust me on this, I > > use them ... > > > > A textLabel control cannot evaluate HTML tags, but text controls can and > > do. > > Duh. Of course they do. Another case of "mind in neutral".  I can't > begin to count the times I've used HTML tags to change the colour of > part of the text on a form. > > That begs the question of why the tags are being evaluated for Charlie > on his form but not in the report. Textlabel controls are available in a > report but if one drags a field from a table to a report the designer > uses a text object. > > Charlie, please confirm that your report uses text rather than textlabel > controls. > > Mervyn >