My advanced PDF has a freemarker tag for a rich text field. The rich text field seems to allow unclosed tags in its content, but unclosed tags cause the renderer to fail. How can I prevent crashes in the Advanced PDF template rendering, while still allowing users to input their own Rich Text into a field referenced by the Advanced PDF Template?

AI generated answer (using internal Slack threads):

Based on the conversations, it seems that the issue you're facing is a common one when dealing with rich text fields in Advanced PDF templates in NetSuite. The problem arises due to the presence of HTML tags in the rich text fields, which can cause the renderer to fail if they are not properly closed. Here are a few suggestions to handle this issue: 1. Use the replace function with regex: You can use the replace function in freemarker to remove the HTML tags from the rich text field. Here's an example of how you can do this:

freemarker
${yourField?replace('<[^>]+>', '', 'r')}

This will replace all HTML tags in the field with an empty string. However, be aware that this method might not be 100% reliable. 2. Use xml.escape or xml.encode: These functions can be used to handle special characters in the text fields. For example, you can replace '&' with '&' in the text string in the PDF. Here's how you can do it:

freemarker
${yourField?replace('&', '&')}

This will replace all '&' characters with their HTML entity equivalent '&'. However, you need to decide what characters you're going to allow in the text string. 3. Move most of the span and style stuff to the Template: If the rich text field contains a lot of HTML tags such as span and style, you can try moving most of these to the Template instead. Remember, these are just workarounds and might not work in all cases. You might need to experiment a bit to see what works best for your specific situation. ****** Disclaimer: This response was generated by an artificial intelligence assistant based on previous conversations from multiple Slack channels, and may contain inaccuracies or mistakes. ******