To convert HTML character to plain text

[pratik_kumar]

Hi All,

I have a requirement to create a business rule which should copy plain text from Html field("field name: unit_description") and update it to a text filed(field name :"u_so_description")

I created this business rule

(function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/) {

var a=current.unit_description.getXHTMLValue();

//to remove HTML text...

a= a.replace(/&(lt|gt);/g, function (strMatch, p1){

return (p1 == "lt")? "<" : ">";

});

var b = a.replace(/<\/?[^>]+(>|$)/g, "");

current.setDisplayValue('u_so_description',b);

})(current, previous);

This business rule is replacing all symbols except &.

For & still i am getting &amp; in plain text.

Kindly help me on this/

[pratik_kumar]

I tried this also but not able to achieve.

[vinothkumar]

See ampersand symbol was not there and it was replaced

[pratik_kumar · Accepted solution]

Using var c=b.replace(/&amp;/g, '&'); my issue got fixed.

Thanks all for your help

(function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/) {

var a=current.unit_description.getXHTMLValue();

//to remove HTML characters.

a= a.replace(/&(lt|gt);/g, function (strMatch, p1){

return (p1 == "lt")? "<" : ">";

});

var b = a.replace(/<\/?[^>]+(>|$)/g, "");

//to remove &amp;

var c=b.replace(/&amp;/g, '&');

current.setDisplayValue('u_so_description',c);

})(current, previous);

[Brian S5]

Hi Pratik,

I have tested this out to remove HTML characters when submitted to a string field, however after submit i noticed there is an extra amount of white space, did you run into that same issue ? if so, do you know how to remove ?

[Brian S5]

Disregard, i was able to modify my code slightly to produce the desired results. Your answer was helpful in getting me there. Thank you. 

var a = current.description.getDisplayValue();
//to remove HTML characters.
a = a.replace(/&(lt|gt);/g, function (strMatch, p1){
return (p1 == "lt")? "<" : ">";
});
var b = a.replace(/<(?:.|\n)*?>/gm, '');
//to remove &amp;
var c = b.replace(/&amp;/g, '&');
var d = c.replace(/ /g, '');

current.setDisplayValue('description',d);