Print of Rich Text Format Data

Question

I have a dataset that contains RTF data such as the following:

{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\...

Is there anyway in SSRS 2005 or SSRS 2008 for this to print out in Rich Text Format

Answer 1

Hi miguelh,

If I understand correctly, you want display Rich Text Format(RTF) data on the report.

In SQL Server Reporting Services, we can use the custom code function to parse RTF strings into a report.

Please check the following thread for more information:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlreportingservices/thread/d7091a6e-3411-47ae-8583-b0468fde58d2

Please feel free to ask, if you have any more questions.

Thanks,
Jin Chen

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Jin Chen - MSFT

Answer 2

Thanks for the info

However, for the purpose of this report, I need to show the RTF data in RTF format.

The code works but shows it in normal text.

Answer 3

Hi miguelh,

Based on my testing, the RTF format can be only shown in normal text within SQL Server Reporting Services.

A complex workaround to solve the issue is that:
Render the RTF file into IMG file, and then display the image on the report.

Thanks,
Jin Chen

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Jin Chen - MSFT

Answer 4

OK. I found a good blog that describe on this subject:
http://binaryworld.net/Main/CodeDetail.aspx?CodeId=4049

This article is offered by Nayan Patel 
This article give us the idea to convert RTF to image and then display on the report.

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Jin Chen - MSFT