embed a html link in a report

hi guys 
 
i want to display a html link 
<a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.website.com/'>Visit my site!</a> 
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

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mwilliams

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.

ianlufc

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

mwilliams

Ian,

If you replace the data element with a text element and put the following as the expression text, it should work.

<VALUE-OF format="HTML">row["data"]</VALUE-OF>

You can also see this in the image below. Make sure you choose type HTML for the text box.

ianlufc

Michael Thanks a million
i had nearly got it i was missing format="HTML"

Many Thanks for your swift replies
Ian

mwilliams

Ian,

No problem! Glad to help.