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Posted on by satheesh k 24

I have a requirement, I am using the rich text box in model-driven app forms, data is storing in data verse as HTML format is there any way to convert Html to plain text in power automate 

if I am using Html to text connector line breaks are not happening correctly

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  • v-jefferni Profile Picture
    v-jefferni on at

    Hi @satheeshreddy ,

     

    Could you please share some sample HTML code from you and the outputs of HTML to Text action in Power Automate? Since I used paragraph and line break tags and they worked fine:

    vjefferni_1-1667983753354.png

     

    Best regards,

  • satheesh k Profile Picture
    satheesh k 24 on at

    Hi @v-jefferni ,

    <p><div data-wrapper="true" style="font-family:'Segoe UI','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size:9pt"><p style="background-color:#ffffff; border-color:initial; border-image-outset:initial; border-image-slice:initial; border-style:initial; border-width:0px; color:#000000; font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;,SegoeUI,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:15px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:0; margin-right:0; margin-top:0; min-height:19px; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-size-adjust:none; text-transform:none; vertical-align:top; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px">Hello,</p>
    <p style="background-color:#ffffff; border-color:initial; border-image-outset:initial; border-image-slice:initial; border-style:initial; border-width:0px; color:#000000; font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;,SegoeUI,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:15px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:0; margin-right:0; margin-top:0; min-height:19px; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-size-adjust:none; text-transform:none; vertical-align:top; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px">I've been working on a questionnaire where we want the user to be able to enter data into content controls and have the formatting be uniform throughout the form. We also needed the restrict the editing allowed to just these specific fields. I've placed rich text content controls in the document and have restricted editing to be Read only with the content controls as exceptions to the restriction.</p>
    <p style="background-color:#ffffff; border-color:initial; border-image-outset:initial; border-image-slice:initial; border-style:initial; border-width:0px; color:#000000; font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;,SegoeUI,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:15px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:0; margin-right:0; margin-top:0; min-height:19px; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-size-adjust:none; text-transform:none; vertical-align:top; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px">Thank you so much!</p>
    <p style="background-color:#ffffff; border-color:initial; border-image-outset:initial; border-image-slice:initial; border-style:initial; border-width:0px; color:#000000; font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;,SegoeUI,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:15px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:0; margin-right:0; margin-top:0; min-height:19px; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-size-adjust:none; text-transform:none; vertical-align:top; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px">&nbsp;</p></div></p>

     

    I have given this html as input 

     

    Hello,

    I've been working on a questionnaire where we want the user to be able to enter
    data into content controls and have the formatting be uniform throughout the
    form. We also needed the restrict the editing allowed to just these specific
    fields. I've placed rich text content controls in the document and have
    restricted editing to be Read only with the content controls as exceptions to
    the restriction.

    Thank you so much!

     

    I got this out put, line breaks are not working properly 

  • v-jefferni Profile Picture
    v-jefferni on at

    Hi @satheeshreddy ,

     

    I have tried and put the codes 1) in a variable, 2) in Compose, and 3) in HTML to Text directly, results are all the same and performs well:

    vjefferni_0-1668066497139.png

     

    Strange on your side. But please try and compose the codes first and use the outputs as the input parameter of HTML to Text.

     

    Best regards,

  • satheesh k Profile Picture
    satheesh k 24 on at

    hi @v-jefferni ,

    My actual scenario is  I have a rich text editor in PowerAPPs and we want to populate that text in a predifened MS word template using MS Flow. The rich text editor generates an html in the backend and if we simply populate that in MS word template then we see all the html tags.

    If we try to convert the html to text in Flow and then populate then the content looses all its formatting. means line breaks are not happening correctly

     

  • satheesh k Profile Picture
    satheesh k 24 on at

    Hi @v-jefferni ,

    can you please explain first and second steps which is 1) in a varaible 2) in compose

     

  • v-jefferni Profile Picture
    v-jefferni on at

    Hi @satheeshreddy ,

     

    It simply means copy your codes and paste into Initialize variable as well as Compose actions:

    vjefferni_0-1668067600205.pngvjefferni_1-1668067610327.png

     

    For your scenario, are you using RichTextEditor.HtmlText to populate the word template? Have you tried to use the PlainText function to convert the codes first, then use the plain texts to populate the template?

    vjefferni_3-1668068925937.png

     

    Best regards,

  • satheesh k Profile Picture
    satheesh k 24 on at

    hi @v-jefferni,

    I am working with model-driven apps, I have tried convert rich text to plain text but bullet points are missing.

     I am using the bellow code for the conversion

     

    function convertToPlain(html){

    // Create a new div element
    var tempDivElement = document.createElement("div");

    // Set the HTML content with the given value
    tempDivElement.innerHTML = html;

    // Retrieve the text property of the element
    return tempDivElement.textContent || tempDivElement.innerText || "";
    }

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    Community Power Pla... on at

    Dear @satheeshreddy , did you solved this issue?

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