I have imported HTML web pages into my database. The database stores the HTML as text in the backend database. Hence, all of the html code is intact. I can see the HTML code from my servoy solution without problem. However, when I try to display the content of the field as HTML it doesn’t show anything?
The field “webpage” where displayType = TEXT_AREA is Ok. The field content is perfectly displayed. However, if I change the same field to displayType = HTML_AREA, the field content will not be displayed. I was expecting to see the content as if it were displayed in the browser.
This thing works the other way around. If I write or copy and paste the web page content into the field where the displayType = HTML_AREA, the data (content) will be stored in HTML but I still can display its content as if it were in the browser.
Ladies and Gentlemen: Marcel Trapman helped to figured out the issue.
The problem was that I was using some sort of ISO chartset not supported by the HTML defined by sun. Then I realized that by removing the specified charset from the meta tag in my HTML code the content can be displayed.
I am still considering downloading the it2be’s HTMLeditor plug-in which will free my users from removing meta tags that cause a trouble. Also, the HTMLeditor plug-in is pretty much a WYSIWYG product. This plug-in along with the FTP plug-in can help me to build pretty quickly a CMS within this solution.