How to decode html entities in JasperReports

Question

I have some reports written in JasperReports and they display html entities literally, for example, bullet point • is shown using html entity textual representation: #8226;.

Do you know any way around it?

Answer 1

In the textField set the markup attribute as html.

this is how to add in 5.6 version of iReport studio

<textField ........> <reportElement ........./> <textElement markup="html"/> <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[..........]]></textFieldExpression> </textField>

Answer 2

If you are using iReport for designing the reports, checkout "markup" property in the properties window, for that particular field.