Stripping HTML from text in SSRS reports

StrippingHTML file

Public Function StripHTML(ByVal sInput As String) As String
IF sInput IsNot Nothing Then 
IF(sInput <>"") Then
Dim objRegExp AS NEW System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex("<(.|\n)+?>") 

sInput = Replace(sInput, "<BR>", Chr(10))
sInput = Replace(sInput, "<br>", Chr(10))
sInput = Replace(sInput, "<br/>", Chr(10))
sInput = Replace(sInput,"&#160;", " ") 
sInput = Replace(sInput, "<li>", "-")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&ndash;", "-")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&mdash;", "-")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&iexcl;", "¡")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&iquest;", "¿")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&amp;quot;", "")

sInput = Replace(sInput, "&lsquo;", "‘")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&rsquo;", "’")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&laquo;", "«")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&raquo;", "»")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&nbsp;", " ")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&amp;", "&")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&cent;", "¢")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&copy;", "©")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&divide;", "÷")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&gt;", ">")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&lt;", "<")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&micro;", "µ")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&middot;", "·")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&para;", "¶")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&plusmn;", "±")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&euro;", "€")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&pound;", "£")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&reg;", "®")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&sect;", "§")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&trade;", "™")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&yen;", "¥")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&aacute;", "á")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Aacute;", "Á")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&agrave;", "à")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Agrave;", "À")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&acirc;", "â")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Acirc;", "Â")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&aring;", "å")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Aring;", "Å")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&atilde;", "ã")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Atilde;", "Ã")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&auml;", "ä")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Auml;", "Ä")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&aelig;", "æ")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&AElig;", "Æ")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&ccedil;", "ç")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Ccedil;", "Ç")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&eacute;", "é")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Eacute;", "É")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&egrave;", "è")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Egrave;", "È")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&ecirc;", "ê")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Ecirc;", "Ê")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&euml;", "ë")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Euml;", "Ë")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&iacute;", "í")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Iacute;", "Í")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&igrave;", "ì")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Igrave;", "Ì")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&icirc;", "î")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Icirc;", "Î")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Iuml;", "Ï")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&ntilde;", "ñ")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Ntilde;", "Ñ")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&oacute;", "ó")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Oacute;", "Ó")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&ograve;", "ò")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Ograve;", "Ò")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&ocirc;", "ô")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Ocirc;", "Ô")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&oslash;", "ø")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Oslash;", "Ø")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&otilde;", "õ")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Otilde;", "Õ")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&ouml;", "ö")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Ouml;", "Ö")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&szlig;", "ß")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&uacute;", "ú")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Uacute;", "Ú")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&ugrave;", "ù")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Ugrave;", "Ù")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&ucirc;", "û")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Ucirc;", "Û")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&uuml;", "ü")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&Uuml;", "Ü")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&yuml;", "ÿ")
sInput = Replace(sInput, "&#039;", "'")
RETURN objRegExp.Replace(sInput, "")
ELSE 
RETURN sInput
END IF
END IF
End Function

Hi,

I'm using SSRS 2008 R2 ,

For me this didn't work

sInput = Replace(sInput, " ", " ")

instead this worked

sInput = Replace(sInput, "" "", " ")

👍