title: Crystal Reports 11 - Remove HTML format on a Memo field
body: <p>Using Crystal Reports 11, I want to report on the number of characters within a memo field.  The problem is that it is feeding through HTML from the System.</p>
  
  <p>I want to remove all text that is within "&lt;" and ">" and am having some problems doing this.</p>
  
  <p>I guessed that my best way of doing this was a Replace formula, but it only seems to allow specific characters or group of characters to be replaced.  I tried the following:</p>
  
  <p>Replace ({Field_Name},"","")</p>
  
  <p>Basically I want to be able to remove all text within the "&lt;>" symbols to then be able to view the remaining data.</p>
  
  <p>I know that there is an option to format the field with HTML which will then display only the text, but when a count is done on the field, it still includes the HTML text in the character count.</p>
  
  <p>Any help wouldbe great.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks
  Dave</p>