Rich text formatting lost when bound to a floating field

We recently encountered an issue when merging XML data into a form.  Specifically, rich text was being properly displayed in the form fields, but we noticed that any floating fields placed in those text fields displayed their value in plain text.

This can be resolved by manually changing the embedMode tag in the forms XML. Click on the object containing the floating field then open the XML Source view. Inside the object you'll be looking for this:

We recently encountered an issue when merging XML data into a form.  Specifically, rich text was being properly displayed in the form fields, but we noticed that any floating fields placed in those text fields displayed their value in plain text.

This can be resolved by manually changing the embedMode tag in the forms XML. Click on the object containing the floating field then open the XML Source view. Inside the object you'll be looking for this:

xfa:embedMode="raw"

You'll want to change it to:

xfa:embedMode="formatted"

As always, if you run into any problems be sure to give us a call!