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i have an extension with a multiline property
once i enter the text and run a preview it shows the encoded characters instead of the html tag
<some&gr; is generated instead of <some>
i tried the multiline, richtext and htmlbox, with the same result

the property in question is a dataset and i'm using an xsl template, the header is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="html" version="4.0" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match='/'>

i think that it is not related to the xsl, but wb is enconding these chars when it generates the html
also tried options / html -> enable/disable html encoding and didn't help
am i overlooking something?
thanks in advance

All text that you enter through properties will be encoded. This is behavior by design.

so the multiline, richtext and html properties type have no sense at all

i did another test
if i have a multiline property it works fine (not encoded)
BUT
if i have the same property in a data collection (dataset) wb encodes the property value
can you disable the properties-values encoding in a dataset and leave this thing as it is in a standard property?
thanks again

so the multiline, richtext and html properties type have no sense at all

Yes, they control which text editor will be displayed to use user.

if i have the same property in a data collection (dataset) wb encodes the property value

That is because data sets are XML, so the data must be encoded otherwise it will corrupt the XML structure.

That is because data sets are XML, so the data must be encoded otherwise it will corrupt the XML structure.

got it
thanks

em... what about backslashes? \< and \> instead of encoding?

No, I don't think that is possible.

ok thank you
(however i would give it a try)

just fyi
i solved it, i forgot to set this up programatically in the xsl file - now it works fine
thanks